Public transportation

Israel’s infrastructure paradox: Innovation without environmental foundations - opinion

Israel’s greatest environmental challenge is being a highly developed, innovative country with key infrastructure missing

Gaps in Israel’s grid capacity, public transport systems, waste treatment facilities, and regulatory frameworks mean that many innovations to improve the environment cannot be deployed at a meaningful scale.
People walking and running in the park

Study shows more walking during commutes can improve health, without increasing travel time

Orthodox jews protest against Tel Aviv municipality Shabbat bus service, outside the home of Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai in Tel Aviv on December 7, 2019.

New data maps Israel’s freedom divide: Liberal cities surge, conservative ones slip

 Buses in central Jerusalem, February 12, 2025

Lost phones, good deeds: Olim share heartwarming stories on Israeli buses


Editor's Notes: Bring Sundays to Israel

While incorporating Sunday into the Israeli weekend will not, in itself, cause religious tensions in Israel to dissipate, it will ease them significantly.

 A WOMAN enjoys the beach in Tel Aviv last month as a heat wave hit the country.

Netanyahu cuts red ribbon for Tel Aviv's Light Rail amid protests

The public transportation project broke ground in 2011, and it was most recently promised that it would begin operating by the end of 2022.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara and Ministers at the opening ceremony of the light rail, in Petah Tikva, August 17, 2023

Tel Aviv mayor boycotts light rail ceremony: 'It should also operate on Shabbat'

The Tel Aviv mayor will, however, arrive for the first ride on Friday with the first passengers.

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai attends the annual international Municipal Innovation Conference in Tel Aviv, February 19, 2020

Letters to the Editor August 16, 2023: An errant child

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Stop allowing Israeli buses to be unsafe for women - editorial

Public transit is a basic right and no one should feel unwelcome, uncomfortable, or unsafe boarding a bus in Israel. The ban on gender segregation and harassment must be enforced.

 A ceremony for the new parking lot for electric buses of the Dan company in Bnei Brak, February 19, 2023.

Beersheba to get its own light rail after 30 years of attempts

The project is set to take a decade to complete and will cost about NIS 8 billion.

 Trial runs of the new Metropolitan Light Rail in Yaffo-Tel Aviv. The Light Rail will run through Tel Aviv and surrounding central cities. August 01, 2023.

What will Tel Aviv's new light rail do to property prices?

The new Tel Aviv light rail will create through arteries that didn't exist previously, raising the question of how property prices will be impacted.

Trial runs of the new Metropolitan Light Rail in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. The Light Rail will run through Tel Aviv and surrounding central cities. June 6, 2023.

Israel must find a Shabbat compromise on public transport - editorial

Every town and city in the country, whether in the periphery or Center, ought to have reasonable public transportation.

 A train in Israel.

Free bus line to operate in Jerusalem on Shabbat for first time

Among the neighborhoods that will be on the route: Rehavia, Beit HaKerem, French Hill, and more.

 Public transportation in Israel.

Gush Dan light rail's Red Line to open in a few weeks after delays

The Red Line of the Gush Dan light rail is expected to open later this month after several years of delays.

Trial runs of the new Metropolitan Light Rail in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. The Light Rail will run through Tel Aviv and surrounding central cities. June 6, 2023.