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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Ministry of Transportation

Transportation Minister Miri Regev arrives for a government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2024, 4:39 pm
Police raid Transportation Ministry offices amid probe of alleged corruption
Cops seize documents but don’t say if Minister Miri Regev is a suspect; ministry dismisses allegations, insists officers are searching for files ‘that don’t exist’
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 25, 2024, 11:51 am
‘Rot and corruption’: AG said ready to investigate Miri Regev after damning report
Ex-top aide says post-Oct. 7 guilt led him to come forward with records showing Transportation Ministry awash with party politics, corruption and a sycophantic adviser corps
By ToI Staff
Activists demonstrate in favor of closing the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv on April 24, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
September 22, 2022, 2:00 pm
Tel Aviv bus station declared a pollution hotspot
Environment minister’s move under Clean Air Act will force city hall to produce detailed plan to deal with diesel emissions within six months
By Sue Surkes
Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, center, seen during an opening ceremony of Route 16 at the entrance to Jerusalem on August 31, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 31, 2022, 5:11 pm
New entrance to Jerusalem opens, spurring hopes for eased congestion
Route 16 connects Route 1 directly to the south and west of the city; Egged announces new high-frequency line between southern Jerusalem and central Tel Aviv
By Ash Obel
Traffic on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, January 20, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
June 28, 2022, 10:17 am
Plan approved to cut car commutes by a million a month
NIS 200 million initiative aimed at public sector employees is greenlit as bus drivers strike, seeks to boost public transportation and scrap incentives to own a car
By Sue Surkes
Two wrecked cars and a truck involved in an accident along route 90 in the Arava, southern Israel, May 28, 2022. (Courtesy of Arava regional council)
June 23, 2022, 12:36 pm
Ministers announce funds for massive safety upgrade of deadly Route 90
Finance and transportation ministries allocate total of $118 million for widening of Negev section of Israel’s longest highway, as well as installing lighting and passing lanes
By ToI Staff
A new train line between Jerusalem and Modiin opened on Thursday, March 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 1, 2022, 4:02 pm
New train line from Modiin to Jerusalem to deliver 22-minute journey time
Added connection to run every weekday including Friday and on Saturday evenings, starting with one service an hour
By Danielle Nagler
The scene of a deadly multi-vehicle collision, in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 31, 2021, 4:55 pm
361 Israelis killed in car crashes during past year, the deadliest since 2017
Nearly one person killed on roads each day in Israel in 2021; Transportation Ministry says Fridays saw the most vehicular fatalities
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of an empty bus terminal at the Ben Gurion airport on December 17, 2017. (Flash90/File)
November 28, 2021, 9:39 pm
As 2nd Omicron case found, Israel bars airport arrivals from taking buses, trains
International arrivals will only be able to exit Ben Gurion Airport by private vehicle or taxi; latest case of new COVID-19 strain arrived from South Africa
By ToI Staff
View of the Haifa Bay on April 24, 2018. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
September 2, 2021, 1:28 pm
Israel inaugurates Chinese-run Haifa port terminal, in likely boost for economy
$1.7b terminal operated by state-owned Shanghai firm to handle large vessels of some 18,000 containers; Transportation Minister Michaeli says it will accelerate trade, lower prices
By Ricky Ben-David
Top left, Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90), top right, Israeli farmers block junctions (Yossi Aloni/Flash90) Bottom left, Woman at the Mahane Yehuda market (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) Bottom right, Traffic jams on the Ayalon highway (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
August 2, 2021, 3:59 pm
Health funding, farming reform, later retirement for women: Israel’s new budget
From banking reform to stipends for elderly, and from kashrut changes to Tel Aviv subway, here’s what you need to know about the budget, which needs Knesset approval by November 4
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Cyclists demonstrate for more bike lanes in Tel Aviv, December 14, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 14, 2020, 11:52 am
Israel unveils plan to slash emissions by up to 80% by 2050
Road map will see renewables become main energy source and car usage reduced to almost zero, with cities and factories built around sustainable development standards
By Sue Surkes
The scene of a deadly traffic accident in Rishon Lezion on August 21, 2020. (Magen David Adom)
August 21, 2020, 7:10 pm
15-month-old toddler struck and killed by car in Rishon Lezion parking lot
Police say child had briefly separated from parents before being hit, driver detained for questioning as officers collect CCTV footage from scene
By ToI Staff
A bus driver sits in a bus and wears a face mask for fear of the coronavirus in downtown Jerusalem, March 16, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 24, 2020, 10:44 pm
Trains to restart, along with live performances, as virus regulations eased
Buses to carry up to 75% of full passenger capacity from end of the week; railways to run on June 8
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Cars stuck in a traffic jam on Highway 2 (Coastal Road) on the eve of Passover, April 19, 2018. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)
October 4, 2019, 9:43 am
Israel unveils first-ever carpool lanes in bid to ease crippling congestion
Transportation Ministry says HOV lane added to Route 2 and Ayalon Highway between Tel Aviv and Netanya will reduce traffic jams and save time
By ToI Staff
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