The planned work on some 300 Jerusalem bus stops, to protect persons at those stops from vehicular ramming attacks, is underway. Steel columns are being installed in front of a stop, which will hopefully stop a vehicle should a driver decide to ty to perpetrate such an attack. These are the same pillars found at many light rail stations, which were also installed following a number of vehicular ramming attacks against commuters waiting for the light rail.

The Transportation Ministry is picking up the NIS 2 million tab, and the decision as to which stops will receive the pillars is being made by police. The experts will decide which bus stops are ‘high-risk’ and those receive priority, generally high volume bus stops such as those in the area of Binyanei Ha’uma and other extremely busy areas.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)