Roads

Operation Roaring Lion obscures Israel’s worsening traffic toll, road safety statistics

Excluding March, when Israelis were largely at home due to the war, 157 people were killed this year compared with 147 in the same period last year, an increase of nearly 7%. 

|ByUDI ETZION
An illustrative image of slow-moving traffic on Israel's Ayalon Highway.
Israeli drivers and roads are notorious for being among the worst worldwide.

Israel's noise pollution upsets animals as much as people - but can be reduced, study finds

Researchers at Beersheba’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have pioneered a first-of-its-kind spatial model that maps how road noise disrupts animal behavior.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
MDA Ambulance

Death of five-year-old marks seventh dead child in road accidents in 2026, 252 in five years

Additional reports pointed out that there were four other victims at the scene, two injured in moderate condition with injuries to the abdomen and limbs, and two injured in light condition.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Concrete roadblocks placed in Arab neighborhoods in Lod.

Arab neighborhoods in Lod blocked off by police-placed concrete cubes

According to reports from residents, the roadblock in one neighborhood is complete and does not allow any entry or exit.

|ByYOAV ETIEL, HODIA RAN

‘Jews Want A Race War’ sign hung on busy Los Angeles highway overpass

The sign was hung from the heavily trafficked Los Angeles interstate 405 highway overpass.

AUGUST 23, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Battling antisemitism with 21st century technology

Tel Aviv Marathon 2020: Road Blocks

The road maps app WAZE will be updated in real time, and police advise drivers to use the app in order to navigate safely.

FEBRUARY 28, 2020ByMAARIV ONLINE
Runners warm up before a marathon in Tel Aviv, on February 26