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Israeli police officers at a protest following the shooting death of 19-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli Solomon Tekah, in Tel Aviv, July 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 3, 2019, 6:29 pm
Fresh but milder protests over teen’s killing held as authorities call for calm
Police block Azrieli junction in Tel Aviv, several arrested, but most demonstrations more muted day after widespread violence amid anger over shooting of Solomon Tekah
By TOI staff
Heavy traffic on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv. June 28, 2012. (Uri Lenz/FLASH90)
April 25, 2019, 3:18 pm
Israel weighs introducing congestion charges to ease city center traffic
New tariffs proposed to try to reduce cars on roads by taxing drivers who want to head downtown in peak hours
By TOI staff
Artist's impression of the cable car station to be located next to the First Station complex in Jerusalem.
March 7, 2019, 7:52 pm
Transportation Ministry ‘not involved’ in $55.2m cable car plan to cut traffic
Mass transit plan strongly backed by tourism minister and Jerusalem mayor; Jerusalem Development Authority says ‘Transportation Ministry a partner’
By Sue Surkes
Artist's impression of cable cars crossing Jerusalem's Hinnom Valley, from a promotional video posted to YouTube.
January 29, 2019, 7:00 pm
Israel advances controversial cable car to Jerusalem’s Old City
Official notices expected to appear in newspapers on Friday, launching start of 60-day period for public objections
By Sue Surkes
The NoTraffic team (Courtesy)
December 15, 2018, 10:51 pm
Israeli startup NoTraffic raises $3.2m for congestion management system
Company’s AI algorithms use live data from streets to optimize timing of traffic lights, thus streamlining traffic
By AP and TOI staff
Disabled, handicapped and activists block the entrance to Jerusalem as they attend a protest calling for better health care, September 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 4, 2017, 12:30 am
Disabled rights protesters block roads, vow to continue campaign
Demonstrators rejecting stipend-boosting deal with government fined after causing havoc at Ashdod port and major arteries south of Tel Aviv
By Stuart Winer
View of the new Harel tunnels on Route 1, the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, on January 19, 2017. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 29, 2017, 2:44 pm
New 3-lane section to open on Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway
Speed limit to be raised to 110 kilometers per hour; tenders to go out for road changes at capital‘s entrance
By Sue Surkes
Shaanan Streett (left), Guy Mar and Yair Cohen Harounoff of Hadag Nahash with Hadar Marks (top) at Galgalatz radio station. (Courtesy Galgalatz)
January 27, 2017, 10:31 am
Iconic Israeli song gets crowd-sourced rewrite
WhatsApp group helps radio station create new lyrics for hip-hop anthem ‘The Sticker Song,’ draws on daily commuting experience
By Jessica Steinberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a dinner party hosted by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi, Kenya on July 5, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)
July 7, 2016, 8:28 pm
Netanyahu apologizes for Nairobi traffic woes
Disgruntled Kenyans take to Twitter with the hashtag #NetanyahuInKenya to vent frustration over gridlocked streets
By TOI staff
Joshua Hammerman
May 29, 2016, 3:00 pm
Joshua Hammerman
Wait, wait…don’t lose it
10 things to do this Memorial Day weekend while stuck in traffic or waiting endlessly at the airport
View of Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv in 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 13, 2015, 5:50 pm
Traffic jams reported as Israelis head to new year celebrations
Entrance to Jerusalem, highways in center, north and south all congested in some parts; hundreds of traffic police deployed
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of heavy traffic on the highway entering Tel Aviv. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 28, 2015, 6:15 pm
Tel Aviv braces for light rail construction chaos
Large public parking lots and shuttle buses aim to relieve traffic backups expected to extend far beyond the city
By Stuart Winer
In this Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, photo tourists walks and cars drive past the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank. (photo credit: AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
December 23, 2014, 2:52 pm
Traffic bedlam grips Jesus’s birthplace
Bethlehem municipality considers a tunnel beneath Manger Square to alleviate crowding
By Tia Goldenberg
A SkyTran pod (simulation courtesy of www.skytran.us)
July 31, 2013, 8:54 pm
Futuristic transport pods to land in TA
SkyTran said set to begin work magnetic, levitating sci-fi-esque mass transport system
By Aaron Kalman
The Ayalon River flows alongside the flooded Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Jan. 8 (photo credit: Flash90)
January 8, 2013, 2:08 pm
Traffic app glitch sends drivers to flooded highway
30-minute commute turns into three-hour nightmare as Waze ignores road closure
By David Shamah
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