Ahead of the Sukkot holiday and Chol HaMoed, days when heavy traffic is expected on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, in light of the paving and development work being carried out in recent months on the site, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset MK Uri Maklev has appealed to the head of the National Traffic Division of the Israel Police and the acting CEO of Netivei Israel to stop the work during the Sukkot holiday, so as not to burden the increased traffic on the road.<\/p>\r\n
\""During the holidays, heavy traffic is expected in the evening and at night, as thousands make their way to and from Jerusalem for prayers, the joys of Beit HaShoeva, and more. The volume of traffic, even at night during the holidays, is no less crowded than during the daytime on normal weekdays throughout the year.<\/p>\r\n
\""In order to prevent heavy and unbearable traffic congestion on the road to and from Jerusalem these days, I would ask you not to allow this work to take place on this road during the days of Sukkot, thus preventing heavy traffic congestion on the roads and allowing travelers to have a happy holiday.".<\/p>\r\n
Additionally, in light of the high demand for public transportation, Maklev also contacted the Public Transportation Division of the Ministry of Transportation and the management of Egged, requesting that public transportation hours in Jerusalem be extended on weekdays until 2:00 AM.<\/p>\r\n
\""During the days of Sukkot, Beit Hashoeva celebrations are held every night, with thousands participating throughout the city. The celebrations end in the wee hours of the night after the usual closing hours of public transportation. Because of this, tens of thousands of passengers have difficulty returning to their homes, and it is permissible to note that there is also an element of risk in this.".<\/p>\r\n
At his request, the Ministry of Transportation should extend service on bus lines leading to the Haredi neighborhoods in Jerusalem until 2:00 a.m. and even beyond that as needed, or alternatively adopt a model of a 'night lines' project for the Haredi neighborhoods, as the promise of the Public Transport Authority to reinforce the lines is important and essential but still does not address the need.<\/p>\r\n
He also wants to extend the operating hours of the bus lines to the Western Wall, as many prefer to reach the Western Wall in the evening and at night.<\/p>\r\n
In his address, he also proposes extending the operation of the lines to the Western Wall until 2:00 a.m. "This extension is also expected to ease the existing load on public transportation during the day.".<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\""In order to prevent these heavy and unbearable traffic congestions on the way to and from Jerusalem, I would ask you not to allow the road works to take place" \u2022 "To extend service on bus lines in the Haredi neighborhoods in Jerusalem until 2:00 in the morning"\"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n