Light rail
We are about to pour hundreds of billions into a project fit for yesterday
Israel has invested over the years in irrelevant technology. The current megalomaniacal project, the light rail, will quickly turn into a failure that will cost us hundreds of billions.
Grapevine: Light rail, hefty price
Protesters block Jerusalem roads, target light rail construction site
Haredi protesters disrupt light rail construction, block traffic on Jerusalem's Bar Ilan Street
Not running the light rail on Shabbat is sabotage against Israelis - opinion
Failure to operate the light rail on weekends will cost the Israeli economy close to a billion shekels annually. There is no logical reason to not run the light rail on Shabbat.
Israel's Left and Right fight over Tel Aviv light rail opening on Shabbat
Haredi and religious Zionist politicians expressed outrage at the transportation minister's push to let the light rail run on Shabbat.
Israel must confront haredis who create havoc in streets - editorial
Whenever an issue arises that doesn’t jibe with the ultra-Orthodox worldview, they don’t play fair and protest through usual means of opposition to try to make their voice heard.
In Jerusalem, baby carriages cause problems, difficulties
Baby carriages are a nuisance throughout Jerusalem. A little more consideration would not go astray.
Riots break out at Jerusalem light rail construction site - police
The rioters damaged fences and entered the work site in order to disrupt construction. Some even threw stones at law enforcement on the scene.
Iranian media claims cyberattack on planned Tel Aviv metro
The rail system is under construction and is the subject of a political debate in Israel.
Jerusalem promised robust public transport but people still use cars
A city of this size in a Western country would be equipped with a number of means of providing proper public transportation for its residents and visitors.
This week in Jerusalem: Painful ceremony
A weekly round-up of city affairs.
Will Jerusalem ever be a normal city?
MIDDLE ISRAEL: Jerusalem has never been considered a normal city, but maybe new innovations will make it so.
Police arrest Arab who planned to attack light rail with fireworks
The suspect, a member of a terrorist group, was involved in producing explosives.
