Traffic

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%. 

 An illustrative image of slow-moving traffic on Israel's Ayalon Highway.
A driver caught using their cellphone while driving during Israel Police’s enforcement campaign aimed at cracking down on traffic offenses across Israel.

Israel Police issue over 4,000 tickets in crackdown on dangerous, distracted driving

Security and rescue forces at the scene of a bus accident in central Tel Aviv, May 18, 2026.

'A national issue': Police to launch nationwide crackdown on dangerous drivers, road violations

Police patrol on Road 1 near Jerusalem, on February 8, 2026.

Eilat Police officer indicted for allegedly falsifying traffic tickets


This week in Jerusalem: America in Jerusalem

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 DEPUTY MAYOR Arieh King: East Jerusalem immigration?

Why Israel became the road traffic capital of the OECD in 2022 - opinion

Radio broadcasts often report never-ending traffic jams and TV programs give us precise details of those jams while reminding us how inefficient public transport is.

 Tel Aviv traffic

Jerusalem march to kick off on Thursday, here's what you should know

During the main celebratory march, several roads throughout the city will be closed to traffic from 13:30 to 18:00.

A general view of the Old City and Walls of Jerusalem taken with a drone on March 22, 2020.

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.