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News Briefs / Jerusalem

Jerusalem Gets New Free Park and Ride Minibus Service

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Free parking will be available at Latrun and the bus will go to the government center by the Knesset near the city’s central bus station and train station.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

Tel Aviv to Begin Autonomous Bus Trials

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Four groups will conduct experiments in operating autonomous buses, as part of the national project for autonomous public transportation.

Israel / News Briefs / The Environment

Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety Unveils Plan to Reduce Car Use by Half

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The goal is to persuade Israelis to do much more walking and cycling, and to take the bus and train when traveling.

Israel

Report: Israeli Transportation Minister Green-Lights Ocean Ferry to Tel Aviv

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Miri Regev reportedly liked the “out-of-the-box” solution to the problem of commuter congestion on the highways leading to the center of the country.

Israel / Business and Economy

Tel Aviv is World's First City to Require License Plates and Helmets for Shared Electric Scooters

By Arye Green / TPS

Approximately 150 scooter riders get injured every month across the city, and many pedestrians are hurt as well.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / On Campus / Education

Bennett Touts Education Ministry's Service to Kindergartners, Special Ed

By JNi.Media

Bennett pledged that his ministry would combat ethnic discrimination in the enrollment process of all educational institutions, particularly the ultra-Orthodox.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

UNESCO to Question Jewish Ties to Western Wall in Arab-Sponsored Draft Resolution

By Jewish Press Staff

The draft refers ten times to Al-Haram Al-Sharif, exclusively using the Islamic term for Temple Mount, without any mention that it is the holiest site in Judaism.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

Record Number of Israelis Take the Train

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

More than 200,000 Israelis ride the train every day, except Shabbat, a new record.

Israel / News Briefs / Local

Israel Labor Job Actions Spread to Transportation, Tourism

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli transportation and tourism employees will carry out a work slowdown on Wednesday in solidarity with striking postal workers.

Government / News Briefs / Local

Negev Loses Airport Night Trains

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel Railways is ending night train service to the Negev from Ben Gurion airport, 'not cost effective.'

News Briefs / Jerusalem

High-Speed Train Planned to Whisk Passengers to Old City

By Jewish Press News Desk

A high-speed train now under construction from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may be extended to reach the Old City, according to an Israel Railways and the Transportation Ministry plan that will be stiffly opposed by Jerusalem planning authorities. The planned line includes a 1.5 mile tunnel linking the central train station, being built across the […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Open Skies Ahead for Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz signed an Open Skies agreement with the EU on Monday in Luxembourg. The agreement which is to be gradually implemented over the next 5 years, until it goes fully into effect in 2018, should lower prices significantly on flights between Israel and Europe. Open Skies will allow EU and Israeli […]

A Soldier's Mother

Life in Israel: A Complaint to Egged

By Paula R. Stern

While there are many heartwarming tales told about Egged, sadly, the less than amazing is often more the norm.

CIFWatch

The Media and the 'Palestinian Only' Bus Lines

By Adam Levick

Contrary to claims made in the media, there are no ‘Palestinian only’ bus lines.

Goldstein on Gelt

All Aboard the Sky Train

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

An interview with Jerry Sanders, CEO of SkyTran Inc.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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