Jerusalem, 24 March, 2024 (TPS) -- Israel’s Ministry of Transportation announced that on Monday March 25 it will inaugurate the “Transportation Justice” program.
The ministry says the program is a “revolutionary price reform” in public transportation and the “largest social and consumer revolution ever made in the field of public transportation for the benefit of the citizens of the State of Israel.”
The ministry also said the program is expected to save up to thousands of shekels per year for the average Israeli family.
The reform includes significant benefits that will benefit approximately 2.8 million Israelis.
The reform includes the benefit of a full year of free travel on public transportation for military veterans and those who have completed national service. Also, it offers for the first time a 50% discount to all residents of Israel’s geographic periphery – remote and lower income areas – as well as discounts of tens of percent to young people up to the age of 26 (inclusive), to people with disabilities and to those entitled to disability benefits who will receive a 50% discount on monthly bus subscription.
The reform will be launched in two phases, with the second phase that will be launched in the coming months including free travel for senior citizens (women from the age of 62, men from the age of 67).