Reply To: What really needs doing in E. Israel

Zaphod

Neither are next to the mir, both are a five minute walk. They definitely should have taken the mir into account – it’s the biggest place in ….

The light rail might be a solution HOWEVER they admit themselves that they planned it when the city population was FIVE million, and they do not expect it to be ready before the city hits TEN million.
Leaving the protests out, the entire Bar ilan / yinrmiyahu is steadilt ebing renovated with high rise buildings, as is the parrallel Rechov Petach Tikva, and the population in these places is tripling – and these people are primarily car owners.

Taking into account transpratation needs of a major part of the population should be a basic requirement for any governemtn.

SHIMON NODEL
really sorry if I wrote anything hurtful, please be moichel.

Chareidim currently consist of 12% of voters, there are widely considered to be three more seats of approx 30- 40,000 votes. [Eitz, Chutnikim, and Yerushalmi] although this cannot be proven. Additioanlly over 25 % of underage citizens are enrolled in chareidi education. It’s still 17 or 18% rather than the twenty I quoted.
My own opinion, and opening post was based on a simple premise that helping the transporattion system will benefit everyone.