public transportation

Palestinians disembark at the South Tel Aviv station after riding the train from Gaza City on the first day of its operation, November 1, 1972. (Moshe Milner/GPO)
PHOTOS: When you could ride a train from Gaza City to Tel Aviv
The rail line, which is almost unimaginable today considering the blockade and permit regime, ran for just under a year — until the outbreak of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. It’s been nearly 45 years since you could hop on a train in Gaza City and ride all the way to Tel Aviv, a situation…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 20, 2017
Tel Aviv Central Bus Station platform (Wikimedia/public domain)
Transportation in Israel: A paradise for Jews only
Although Israel’s Transportation Ministry has begun promoting green, sustainable transportation, a closer look at the government’s program reveals tremendous gaps between public transportation in the Jewish communities and the neighboring Arab communities.  By Toby Cohen and Hagit Naali-Joseph Anyone for whom the quality of the environment and the future of the planet are top priorities is probably…
By +972 Magazine March 7, 2013
Palestinian workers with Israeli work permit try to broad a Israel bus line only for Palestinians, after they crossed the Eyal checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, March 4, 2012. Israeli transportation ministry launched on Monday a special bus line from Eyal check point to Tel Aviv and Kfar Saba, and back to the checkpoint, after Israel settlers, living in the West Bank, complained that Palestinians use Israeli buses driving in the West Bank on their way to and from work inside Israel. The new policy will effect mainly workers returning to the West Bank with Israeli buses, as police will force workers to go off buses when they enter the West Bank.
Photos: Israel’s new ‘Palestinian only’ segregated bus lines
A new Israeli bus line will serve only Palestinians. Officials claim it’s not segregation, but the ongoing experience of discrimination faced by Palestinian workers speaks for itself. Photos by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Early this morning, Palestinians from the West Bank with permits to work inside the state of Israel crammed onto bus lines specially created for…
By Activestills March 4, 2013
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Rendering of Tel Aviv's Bloch Street in April 2012 after bike lanes are added (Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv Municipality)
As TA bike lanes grow, residents demand voice in planning
After years of pressure from advocacy groups, the Tel Aviv Municipality has finally adopted an aggressively pro-bicycle agenda. Bike lanes are being paved, a bike-share system is being launched, and the city’s PR machine is working hard to sell the new strategy. Yet, the insensitivity and obtuseness which with the new policy is being implemented…
By +972 Magazine April 24, 2011
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