Posted on 08/24/22
| News Source: Arutz-7
Transportation and Road Safety Minister and Labor party chairwoman Merav Michaeli has in a controversial move instructed the chair of Tel Aviv mass transport company NTA, Maya Liquornik to undertake an analysis of the operational and budgetary implications of enabling the operation of the red line of the Tel Aviv metro on Shabbos.
According to Minister Michaeli, not operating the line on the weekend significantly disadvantages those members of the public who do not own a private vehicle.
Furthermore, the enormous investment, amounting to tens of billions of NIS, made by the ministry through NTA for transport infrastructure that will form the backbone of mass transit in the Dan region for the next two decades, justify its full use, seven days a week, for the benefit of the public.
In addition, the Transportation Minister claimed that operating the light rail on Shabbos would benefit the economy as a whole, bring about a reduction in the cost of living in the Dan region, strengthen the economy, reduce pollution and the use of private cars, and switch to electric, cleaner means of transportation.