Transportation and land policies in Israel are influenced by a number of bodies including: the Ministry of Transportation, local municipalities, planning committees and a number of others. Today, it is well understood that the method of demand forecasting and building roads to meet the ever growing demand, is very costly, not practical and wasteful at the economic,...
Projects
Choosing a mean of transport is highly dependent on the urban fabric at the points of departure and the destination of each trip, especially within cities. Wide sidewalks, streets which are pleasant-to-walk, and accessibility to active public transport routes are part of the favored recipe for a vibrant city with sustainable transport systems. The critical components in this framework lie...
The project initiates, develops and assists a network of communities across Israel, which constitute existing and potential consumers of public transportation, in organizing action as a community. Activities include acquiring knowledge and skills for public action on issues of public transport (PT), tools for organizing an effective and influential community, assistance in...
Transport Today and Tomorrow is leading this forum of organizations, which collaborate for the first time in order to raise the status of the public transport users among the priorities of the Israeli government, and to bring about a public transport to serve the needs of the entire population and as an appropriate alternative to the private car. The members of the forum...
The oldest mode of transportation in the world is walking. Over the last decade, we have become accustomed to driving to the grocery store and to the post office, and our children don't know how to get to school anymore by walking. One tenth of the commutes in private cars within the city are less than 1 km. This becomes a burden on the transportation system.
Contemporary high-...
In Israel commuting to work is the principal manner of travel the economy must deal with in managing transportation. The cost to the Israeli economy for each vehicle, for each kilometer, is 8 NIS; i.e. for each car sitting in the daily morning congestion of the Ayalon Highway losing hours of work. Serious congestion problems also exist in many other cities throughout the...
Motorized transportation depends on crude oil to supply fuel, consuming 50% of the global oil consumption. One of the problems in using crude oil is its influence on global warming.
The Earth is warming up in a quick rate for the last 100 years. The main reason for that is the increasing amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Most of the CO2 arrives from burning fuel - crude oil and...