https://www.greenprophet.com/2008/09/public-transportation-day-2008-still-stuck-in-traffic/ Sustainably Driven. Future Ready. Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greenprophet.com/2008/09/public-transportation-day-2008-still-stuck-in-traffic/#comment-32550 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:32:12 +0000 http://greenprophet.com/?p=3242#comment-32550 […] is the one day that Israelis universally have off from work, but it is also the only day that public transportation doesn’t operate.  And so if you are an Israeli without a car (for either financial or […]

]]> https://www.greenprophet.com/2008/09/public-transportation-day-2008-still-stuck-in-traffic/#comment-1346 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:45:22 +0000 http://greenprophet.com/?p=3242#comment-1346 Thank you, Jesse, for summing up this important day’s activities for those of us unable to make it to Tel Aviv. As a Jerusalemite, I attended the panel session in the capital on public transportation issues, with concerns and solutions offered by numerous parties running in the municipal council elections on November 11. The evening was thoroughly depressing – so many problems, so few politicians who care – but in the end I was encouraged by the number of candidates who felt this was a priority issue, and seemed knowledgeable and motivated enough to do something about it. Now if we can only make sure that everyone (I mean everyone!) votes…

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