Roads

Gush Etzion, Efrat, to be easily accessible to Jerusalem by light rail under new proposal

The proposed train line would mark the first direct rail connection between Gush Etzion and the capital, as the region continues to grow and make other major road improvements.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A rendering of the planned light rail connection between Gush Etzion and Jerusalem.
An illustrative image of slow-moving traffic on Israel's Ayalon Highway.

Operation Roaring Lion obscures Israel’s worsening traffic toll, road safety statistics

Excluding March, when Israelis were largely at home due to the war, 157 people were killed this year compared with 147 in the same period last year, an increase of nearly 7%. 

|ByUDI ETZION
Israeli drivers and roads are notorious for being among the worst worldwide.

Israel's noise pollution upsets animals as much as people - but can be reduced, study finds

Researchers at Beersheba’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have pioneered a first-of-its-kind spatial model that maps how road noise disrupts animal behavior.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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Death of five-year-old marks seventh dead child in road accidents in 2026, 252 in five years

Additional reports pointed out that there were four other victims at the scene, two injured in moderate condition with injuries to the abdomen and limbs, and two injured in light condition.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Crushed rocks in New York road may have come from Jewish graves – report

The rocks were laid to allow utility trucks easier access to electricity poles in the area.

AUGUST 25, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Jewish cemetary in Sarajevo 370

‘Jews Want A Race War’ sign hung on busy Los Angeles highway overpass

The sign was hung from the heavily trafficked Los Angeles interstate 405 highway overpass.

AUGUST 23, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
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Tel Aviv Marathon 2020: Road Blocks

The road maps app WAZE will be updated in real time, and police advise drivers to use the app in order to navigate safely.

FEBRUARY 28, 2020ByMAARIV ONLINE
Runners warm up before a marathon in Tel Aviv, on February 26