a strong mismatch in russia between needed investments in road infrastructure and growing car ownership results in congestion overused roads in poor conditions and deteriorating public transport systems the share of car trips in russia is still lower than in such oecd countries as france sweden and belgium and it is likely to increase further to similar levels donchenko investments in transport particularly urban public transport infrastructure are insufficient to accommodate growing urban mobility needs and to compensate for chronic underinvestment during the late soviet period subnational investment capacity for urban transport infrastructure is low and federal investment programmes are too sparse to have a sustainable impact on municipal transport systems box