In a fresh bid to ease traffic congestion, Moscow authorities are planning to roll out a shiny new fleet of buses, trams and ticket inspectors.

The city authorities have announced they are spending $200 million on 700 new eco-friendly buses and trolleybuses. All of the vehicles will be handicap accessible.

In order to prevent these new buses from spending hours in traffic jams, the city will create separate express bus lines.

Moscow officials hit on the idea after a business trip to Seoul. The Korean authorities say that special public transportation lines created in the city with the help of modern technology rescued Seoul from a large transportation collapse.

Moscow officials, however, stress that they must first build at least 3 million new parking spots, since once the new lines will be installed, parking will need to be on the sides of Moscow roads.

City Hall also announced a competition for the best “intelligent” traffic control system.

Apart from that, they are planning to build transportation hubs uniting commuter train stations and bus stops under one roof.

The authorities hope that integration of the two transportation systems will help ease the traffic situation in the city. They stress that such hubs have proved highly effective all over the world.

The officials also confirmed that they are indeed going to get rid of turnstiles. Instead, to deter fare-dodgers, they want to employ extra ticket inspectors and to raise fines 10-fold (to about $300).

“A fare-dodger must understand that once he gets caught, he will pay even more than he would pay for a season ticket,” said the CEO of the Moscow Transportation Union, Yury Sveshnikov.

The head of the city government’s transportation studies department, Mikhail Blinkin, warned Muscovites against expecting quick results. He believes that real changes will be noticeable no earlier than next spring.