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
View ArticleBus driver arrested over fatal crash near airport that killed 4
Police are investigating whether Egged driver was using a cellphone at the time of the deadly accident
View ArticleIsraeli bus crash victims include Philadelphia teacher, South African immigrant
Driver in Sunday crash near Ben Gurion airport remanded for 4 days; deceased include Hayley Varenberg from Jerusalem and Berta Schwartz who was in Israel for her grandchild's birth
View ArticleAmerican tourist gets trapped in luggage hold of Israeli bus
'My heart is pounding fast, but I’m fine. I called the police. In the meantime, I’m here among all the bags and suitcases. It’s really stressful,' teen posts to Instragram
View ArticlePolice rescue IDF soldier trapped in luggage compartment of moving bus
Yishai Halevi says he asked the driver to open the compartment to get his bag, had it closed on him; bus company claims he acted 'contrary to the instructions' and climbed inside
View ArticleDriver indicted over bus crash near Ben Gurion Airport that killed 4
Alexander Leibman charged with negligent homicide, after steering Egged bus into concrete bus stop on Route 40 in December
View ArticleIf you build a (cooperative) bar in a bus, the neighbors will come
A communal effort in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv raises money to refit a bus as a local hangout
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Jewish family in bus pelted with stones in East Jerusalem, vehicle set alight
Police say driver headed into Issawiya to make a shortcut, before residents attacked the vehicle; none hurt; 3 suspects arrested including 2 minors
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Arab bus driver hospitalized after assault by apparent anti-mask settler
Muhammad Kak says he asked man to mask up, but the latter, realizing he was Arab, started swearing at him, then attacked him mid-drive; police arrest 21-year-old suspect
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Rocks hurled at bus heading to Eilat, smashing window
No injuries reported in incident in Negev; Egged bus company blames Bedouin, says its vehicles are attacked because they symbolize the Zionist regime
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Amid spate of attacks in south, ministers say throwing rocks at vehicles is...
Transportation and public security ministers issue joint statement after bus driver was tear-gassed
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Video shows Orthodox Jews assaulted in Old City while on way to the Western Wall
Driver of bus attacked by Palestinian stone-throwers in separate incident says it could have ended in tragedy, calls on transportation minister to protect drivers
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Driver blames malfunction for deadly J’lem bus crash that killed mother, 2...
Police interrogate driver on suspicion of negligent manslaughter, release him to five-day house arrest; Egged inspector says suspect has 18-years experience and impeccable record
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‘I’m still shaking’: Bus driver recounts West Bank shooting attack
Driver hailed for 'resourcefulness' that prevented a tragedy; 'It's a dark area and there are no soldiers stationed there, so my goal was to get as far away as possible,' he says
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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
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Israel to test self-driving public bus systems in two-year national pilot
Innovation Authority taps four consortiums made up of Israeli bus companies as well as local and global tech startups for trial of autonomous public transport
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Daily Briefing Nov. 22: Self-driving buses on the road; Chabad emissaries...
US reporter Luke Tress discusses an attack thwarted at Penn Station and a Lubavitch convention, as Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David looks at self-driving buses and UAE business
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Protesting violence, Egged drivers stage 3-hour strike in Jerusalem, Haifa,...
Action taken at regional offices servicing lines where assaults on drivers had occurred recently; transport company condemns move as 'reckless'; union: 'Cannot remain indifferent' The post Protesting...
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Bus companies face 3 lawsuits over series of discriminatory incidents against...
Egged, Electra-Afikim and Nateev Express are each being sued after drivers allegedly harassed or discriminated against female passengers The post Bus companies face 3 lawsuits over series of...
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16 injured, several seriously, as bus overturns en route to Beersheba
MDA paramedics, ambulances, IDF helicopters rush to evacuate victims from Route 90 in southern Israel The post 16 injured, several seriously, as bus overturns en route to Beersheba appeared first on...
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