Transportation

Israeli Ministry of Tourism to Invest 20 Million NIS in Promoting the Cycling Tourism Industry

Karen Chernick - October 30, 2008

You first heard it here on Green Prophet a few months ago - the Israeli Ministry of Tourism is spearheading initiatives to promote eco-friendly,...

Transportation

World Usability Day Launches Global Transport Challenge

Green Prophet Guest - October 29, 2008

World Usability Day was founded in 2005 as an initiative of the Usability Professionals' Association to ensure that services and products important to human...

Religion

Yom Kippur: A Day Without Cars in Tel Aviv

Jesse Fox - September 26, 2010

Kids on bikes cruise past Azrieli towers. A couple of years ago I read a book called Carfree Cities, which put forward a very convincing...

Transportation

Public Transportation in the USA

Daniella Cheslow - October 10, 2008

Although there are Israelis who hop between Eilat and Tel Aviv on a plane rather than brave the four-and-a-half hour Egged bus ride, for...

Transportation

The Cycling Nightlife in Jerusalem

Michael Green - February 20, 2023

Who ever said that there’s no nightlife in Jerusalem? When it comes to pubs and clubs, Tel Aviv surely has the edge by a long...

Transportation

Public Transportation Day 2008: Still Stuck in Traffic

Jesse Fox - September 28, 2008

Tuesday, September 23 was Public Transportation Day in Israel, the local answer to European Mobility Week and World Carfree Day, an attempt to "remind...

Transportation

Car2Go brings car sharing to Tel Aviv

Karen Chernick - May 7, 2015

It was bound to happen, sooner or later. After the kibbutz - the classic Israeli collective community where members shared everything - urban car...

Transportation

Neot Semadar: An Eco Village in the Southern Negev

Karen Chernick - September 7, 2008

If you choose to live in the heart of the Negev desert - or any desert for that matter - chances are, you're pretty...

Transportation

Carbon Neutral Car Rentals with Avis Israel

Karen Chernick - May 5, 2013

Israel's tourism industry has made some serious changes recently. The Ministry of Tourism announced a few months ago that it was going 'green' for...

Transportation

Electric Cars in Gaza: Necessity is the Mother of Invention!

Rachel Bergstein - July 16, 2008

The Gaza Strip seems like the last place in the world where we would hear good news on the environmental – or any –...

Transportation

My Parents and the Pleasures of Owning a Prius in Israel

Karen Chernick - May 17, 2011

My parents are not your typical candidates for owning a hybrid car. They’ve been loyal owners of gas-guzzling Volvos for at least 20 years,...

Transportation

Derech 531: An Israeli Environmental Activist Plan

James Murray-White - May 20, 2008

For two days this week, at Jerusalem's Conference Centre, the first Jerusalem Environment and Nature Conference took place. You can read a preview post...

Transportation