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In a lecture at the Technion, NTA CEO Haim Glick spoke of the Tel Aviv area Metro opening in 2040. The original target date was 2032.

Less bureaucracy and more public transit are among the pressing solutions highlighted by experts.

(JTA) — The sounds of protest echoed and the ticket scanner malfunctioned as Israel’s transportation minister, Miri Regev, led a dry run for journalists of Tel Aviv’s long-awaited light rail on Wednesday. The landmark project, which cost nearly $5 billion, promises to reshape the experience of commuting to Tel Aviv, or moving within it, for […]

TEL AVIV (JTA) — The sounds of protest echoed and the ticket scanner malfunctioned as Israel’s transportation minister, Miri Regev, led a dry run

Minister's dry run highlights technical difficulties, officials fear high demand will cause severe overcrowding, and some decry fact train won't run on Shabbat

The plans for the opening ceremony appear to highlight Likud-connected mayors and sideline Tel Aviv's Ron Huldai.

The Purple Line is scheduled to begin operating in 2027 and the Green Line in 2028.

The Tel Aviv light rail will not begin operations next week, and the government committee responsible will not commit on a new date for the start of operations.

Faulty signals, a lack of drivers, incomplete stations and other problems call into question whether commercial operations can begin in three months.

The Bennett-Lapid government is doing everything it can to postpone taking a decision on one of the most important items on the religion-and-state agenda, namely whether