Minister of Transport Miri Regev is softening restrictions on the bus and carpool lane on Road 1 by allowing drivers with one passenger, instead of the current two, to use the lane.
Minister of Transport Miri Regev is softening the restrictions on the bus and carpool lane on Road 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv by allowing drivers with just one passenger, instead of the current two, to use the lane.
According to the Ministry of Transport, the lane, which was opened in December 2022, is used daily by 140 buses and 300 cars (Sunday-Thursday 6.30-9.30 am) but has an hourly capacity of 800-850 vehicles. Therefore Regev wants to add 500 vehicles to increase capacity without reducing speeds.
These calculations are misleading because buses cannot be counted in the same way as cars because they are much longer. It has already been proven that thousands more people pass through the lane than the other two lanes already assigned to cars on the road. The lane should appear “empty” because its planners have also taken into account those who break the law and travel on it in the absence of significant enforcement.
Thus Regev’s decision will slow down the speed of the buses for which the lane was designed and in the long term will not ease jams. Each of the 500 extra cars that will now travel on the lane each hour will tempt more cars into the lane, which will become more congested.
Published by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – on January 31, 2023.
© Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd., 2023.
Congested roads credit: Eyal Izhar
Stay connected with us on social media platform for instant update click here to join our Twitter, & Facebook
We are now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@TechiUpdate) and stay updated with the latest Technology headlines.
For all the latest Business News Click Here
For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News.
Denial of responsibility! NewsAzi is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – [email protected]. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.
