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.

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

  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

 MDA Ambulance

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


Biden's visit: Not much enthusiasm in Jerusalem for president's trip

Rony Eichner: “I don’t think it’s necessary to close all the streets for all the time they’re closing them; maybe for when the president is coming through, and that’s it.”

 The US and Israeli flags are screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City as a welcoming to US president Joe Biden , on July 13, 2022

These are the roads that will be closed during Biden's visit to Israel

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel between Wednesday and Friday, and roads will be closed according to his schedule.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One for a flight to Los Angeles this week. If Biden is coming to the Mideast to criticize and slow Israeli building in Judea and Samaria and greater Jerusalem, pull back, says the writer.

Israel continues working on Arab sector plan worth NIS 30 billion

NIS 2 billion was set aside by the Israeli government for upgrades in the road and transport infrastructure in Arab localities.

 View of the main road in the Arab-Israeli village of Majd al-Krum

Israel ranked worst country for road trips

Israel's car hire daily price is the most expensive in the world.

 Tel Aviv's Carlebach Junction underpass

Nine Israelis injured in five car accidents within hours

A tragic night on Israel's roads left one in critical condition as well as one sedated and ventilated in serious condition.

 The crashed car in the incident near Eliyahu checkpoint on Highway 55 on September 12, 2021.

Lessons from taking a wrong turn on Israel's highways

I thought I was driving on Israel's highways to work when I realized I had accidentally put in Ashkelon instead of Jerusalem. After freaking out, the only thing to was laugh.

 A "wrong way" sign (Illustrative)

What will Israel's smart roads of 2030 look like?

More details will be revealed during Ecomotion Week, which gathers many of the world’s leading companies in the Smart Mobility field May 18-20.

Hilla Haddad-Chmelnik.

Road 10: One of Israel's longest roads is one less traveled by

Security restrictions prohibit unsupervised civilian traffic along the scenic 182-km.-long narrow road, but the vistas looking out beyond the border fence into Sinai are mesmerizing.

A SOLITARY car travels north along the desolate road that hugs the border.

Jerusalem's new entrance nears opening as mountain tunnels constructed

The Transportation Ministry has a number of projects intending on making the passage to and from Jerusalem as smooth as possible.

Tunnels spanning almost one-and-a-half kilometers are dug into mountains at Jerusalem's entrance

Police to remove some lockdown roadblocks as COVID-19 vaccines arrive

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein received their second doses of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine at Sheba Medical Center, Saturday, January 9, 2020.