{"id":9082,"date":"2014-01-22T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/by-bus-or-train\/"},"modified":"2019-06-18T10:40:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T07:40:27","slug":"by-bus-or-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/blog\/by-bus-or-train\/","title":{"rendered":"By Bus or Train"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Transportation systems are central and essential factors in shaping the urban quality of life. An efficient system with an infrastructure suited to the volume of traffic within the city makes it possible for us to reach our desired destination at any time of the day.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the key elements of Jerusalem\u2019s transportation infrastructure is its public transportation system. Because of its importance, this is a salient issue within the public discourse. Simply place two complete strangers next to each other at a random bus stop, and within minutes \u2013 regardless of their gender, age, ethnicity, and socio-economic status \u2013 they will be regaling one another with tales of the feats and wonders of Jerusalem\u2019s public transportation system.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today two companies provide regular public transportation within Jerusalem: Egged Cooperative and Citipass, which operates the light rail system. Egged operates some 68 separate public transportation routes (that is, without transfer points), which serve approximately 1,545 stations throughout the city. On an average weekday, these busses travel a cumulative total of 13,165 kilometers, and during an average week they cover 75,878 kilometers. During peak hours, between 7:00 and 8:00 in the morning, about 942 busses are on route throughout the city.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">East Jerusalem has not been left out of the public transportation system. In 2004 a number of companies united to form the East Jerusalem Transport Association. In 2010 the Association operated some 30 bus routes within East Jerusalem, reaching about 4,106 trips daily. Over the years the number of passengers has increased: in 2004 the total number of passengers per 24-hour day was 69,000, in 2006 the total was 85,000, and in 2010 a total of 94,750 passengers rode the Association\u2019s busses.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-gXcKdp-hzIw\/Ut-QXoiZrlI\/AAAAAAAADy4\/6TVysErSlfA\/s1600\/census2008_bus1+eng.PNG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-gXcKdp-hzIw\/Ut-QXoiZrlI\/AAAAAAAADy4\/6TVysErSlfA\/s1600\/census2008_bus1+eng.PNG\" width=\"308\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation systems are central and essential factors in shaping the urban quality of life. An efficient system with an infrastructure suited to the volume of traffic within the city makes it possible for us to reach our desired destination at any time of the day.\u00a0 \u00a0 One of the key elements of Jerusalem\u2019s transportation infrastructure&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/blog\/by-bus-or-train\/\" class=\"button is-primary is-small is-round has-round-arrow\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10619,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9082\/revisions\/10619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}