Traffic

Controlled chaos: Inside Israel's air traffic during unprecedented US-Israel strikes - interview

It was the most complex, dangerous, and historic day since the establishment of the Israeli Air Force's air traffic control. Hundreds of aircraft of every possible type were returning simultaneously.

The US Air Force Thunderbirds fly up the Hudson River over New York City on August 4, 2026. The Thunderbirds performed at the Air Dot Show New York in Orange County, NY and are next headlining the Rochester International Airshow.
Navigating American roads requires international travelers to understand local laws, rental car rules, and common driving challenges.

Road-safety lessons every international traveler should know before driving in the U.S.

A vehicle is seen engulfed in flames on Highway 1 near the Shoresh Interchange on August 3, 2026.

Traffic briefly halted on Highway 1 as vehicle goes up in flames amid record-breaking heatwave

Traffic congestion on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv following a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, June 11, 2026.

Congestion fees in Tel Aviv to be implemented in 2028 despite Transportation Minister opposition


Sinkhole opens up on Bar Ilan Street in Jerusalem

Heavy traffic built up in the area due to the sinkhole and police are working to direct traffic to alternate routes.

 Sinkhole at Bar Ilan Street in Jerusalem, October 3, 2022

Israel Police close off street in TLV due to concerns of another sinkhole

The area was closed to traffic and engineering teams present at the scene began investigating the incident.

 Sinkhole forms on Hagana street in Tel-Aviv

Waze co-founder on the secret sauce for start-ups

Companies should "engage people with the problem rather than the solution," Uri Levine said at the annual Jerusalem Post Conference in New York.

 Uri Levine, founder of Waze  at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

Letters to the Editor, August 29, 2022: No respect

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Public transport on Shabbat is a great idea - editorial

Let’s just hope that for Michaeli, this is more than just an election campaign slogan and that we’ll see some actual change.

 TRAFFIC PILES up on King David Street as the work goes on, and on.

Transportation Ministry moves to the cloud to reduce traffic and pollution

The ministry’s transition to the AWS cloud will enable greater analytics processing and could speed things up along Israel’s busy highways.

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli at a briefing to reporters, October 11, 2021.

'Would you close Tel Aviv?' Southern Israel residents lash out at gov't

Shlomi Elkayam, the owner of a toy store in Sderot, spoke with Nissim Mashal and Guy Peleg on 103FM, describing the feeling of the public in the city on Thursday.

 Israeli soldiers block roads near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 2, 2022.

MK Matan Kahana saves kitten on Ayalon Highway

A video was tweeted of MK Matan Kahana pulling a kitten out from under a car and placing it on the side of the road.

 MATAN KAHANA

Grapevine: Heavy price

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks during an arrival ceremony at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, July 13, 2022

Is Jerusalem trying to fix the city's transportation, traffic issues?

But are all possible efforts really being made? The facts on the ground tell a difficult story.

 CAR HORNS, already a familiar sound in Israel, create an ever-present din in Jerusalem due to frequent traffic.