People of St. Petersburg, does anyone have at least a rough idea of what the traffic will be like on the 30th? We're planning to drive from Moscow, but we haven't decided on the departure time yet. We suspect that the 30th will have terrible traffic, so we'd like to hear what the best time would be to arrive in St. Petersburg to either avoid the traffic or at least minimize the time spent in it. We'll plan our departure time from Moscow based on that.
Roma suggested that it would take about 3 hours to drive, but I'm interested in the opinions of others.
P.S. We could arrive in St. Petersburg at 6 a.m., but is that necessary? Or we could arrive between 2 and 3 p.m. The main thing is to reduce the time spent in traffic, as we'll already be driving for many hours, and being stuck in traffic will just make it worse.

Is the Saturday before the May holidays more or less free? When will everyone be traveling to their vacation spots? I'm not sure at all.