While
I applaud the
initiative to have intracity buses run on Saturdays, I’d tweak the plan:
- First of all, why specify
keeping buses out of Orthodox neighborhoods? No one wants buses roaring
down their street in their day off. Why mention the Orthodox at all?
Simply operate routes that don’t run through residential areas. Israel’s
cities are fortunately walkable enough for it not to be a major hardship
to get from one’s home to the nearest thoroughfare by foot. Running two
buses per hour on certain thoroughfares should do it.
- I’m all for 7/365 public
transportation, but what about inter-city travel? Inter-city buses and
trains bother no one. Even bi-hourly trains between cities would be a huge
improvement. The day I can exit the Saturday ghetto we call Jerusalem will
be the triumph of my life.
