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Transport in Tel Aviv

Seen as the hub of the Israeli transportation system in terms of road, rail, and air transport, transport in Tel Aviv is regarded as very good. The Israeli road network

Roads in Israel

Israel has an advanced network of roads which criss-cross the country. Roads have been managed by the National Roads Authority of Israel since 2003 when they took over this responsibility from the Public Works Department ....
partly centers around the city with some of the country's largest highways passing through or running to the city. The city forms a major part of the country's rail network, whilst Ben Gurion International Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport The airport is located near the city of Lod, 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv. It is operated by the Israel Airports Authority, a government-owned corporation that manages all public airports and Border controls in the State of Israel....
located near the city is the country's largest airport.

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Seen as the hub of the Israeli transportation system in terms of road, rail, and air transport, transport in Tel Aviv is regarded as very good. The Israeli road network

Roads in Israel

Ben Gurion International Airport

Road transport

Many major routes of the national road network pass through or end in Tel Aviv, a transportation hub. The main road access route to Tel Aviv is the Ayalon Highway (Highway 20), which runs along the eastern side of the city from north to south along the Ayalon River riverbed, dividing for the most part Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan. Driving south on the Ayalon gives access to Highway 1

Highway 1 (Israel)

Highway 1 , is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv with Jerusalem. Highway 1 continues into the West Bank past Ma'ale Adummim, and is then downgraded in size until the Beit HaArava Junction with Route 90 south of Jericho near the shores of the Dead Sea....
, leading to Ben Gurion International Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport The airport is located near the city of Lod, 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv. It is operated by the Israel Airports Authority, a government-owned corporation that manages all public airports and Border controls in the State of Israel....
and Jerusalem. Within the city, the main routes are King George Street, Allenby Street

Allenby Street

Allenby Street is a main traffic arterial in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was named in honor of Lord Edmund Allenby.Allenby Street stretches from the Mediterranean sea in the north-west to Tel Aviv's HaAliya street on the south-east....
, Ibn Gabirol Street

Ibn Gabirol Street

Ibn Gabirol Street is a major street in Tel Aviv, Israel, named after the medieval Hebrew poet and philosopher Solomon ibn Gabirol. It carries traffic north and south, and is a busy residential and shopping street....
, Dizengoff Street

Dizengoff Street

Dizengoff Street is a major street in central Tel Aviv, named after Tel Aviv's first mayor, Meir Dizengoff.The street runs from the corner of Ibn Gabirol Street in its southernmost point to the port area of Tel Aviv in its northwestern point....
, Rothschild Boulevard

Rothschild Boulevard

File:Rothschild Boulevard 2.jpgRothschild Boulevard is a boulevard in Tel Aviv, Israel, built in 1910. It runs from Neve Tzedek at its southwestern edge to Habima Theatre at its northern edge....
, and in Jaffa the main route is Jerusalem Boulevard. Namir Road connects the city to Highway 2

Highway 2 (Israel)

Highway 2 is an Israeli highway located on the coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea. It stretches from Tel Aviv to Haifa. The highway is also called The Coastal Highway or The New Haifa - Tel Aviv Highway ....
, Israel's main north–south highway, and Begin/Jabotinsky Road, which provides access from the east through Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak and Petah Tikva. Tel Aviv, accommodating about 500,000 commuter cars daily, suffers from increasing congestion. In 2007, the Sadan Report recommended the introduction of a congestion charge

Road pricing

Road pricing is an economic concept regarding the various direct charges applied for the use of roads. The road charges includes fuel taxes, vehicle licence, parking taxes, Toll road, and congestion pricing, including those which may vary by time of day, by the specific road, or by the specific vehicle, being used....
similar to that of London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
in Tel Aviv as well as other Israeli cities. Under this plan, road users travelling into the city would pay a fixed fee.

Rail transport

Tel Aviv has four train stations

Israel Railways

Israel Railways is Israel's government-owned national railway company and is responsible for all Inter-city rail and suburban railway passenger and freight traffic in the country....
along the Ayalon Highway. The stops are from north to south: Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University Railway Station

Tel Aviv University Railway Station is an Israel Railways station in northern Tel Aviv, Israel. It is officially named Tel Aviv Universita ? Merkaz HaYeridim in Hebrew language , since its proximity to Tel Aviv University and the Israel Trade Fairs & Convention Center....
, Tel Aviv Savidor Central, Tel Aviv HaShalom

Tel Aviv HaShalom Railway Station

Tel Aviv HaShalom Railway Station is one of the busiest railway stations in Israel, serving most lines of Israel Railways. It is located on HaShalom Interchange over Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv....
(near Azrieli Center

Azrieli Center

Azrieli Center is a complex of skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. At the base of the center lies a large shopping mall. The center was originally designed by Israeli-American architect Eli Attiyah, and after he fell out with the developer of the center David Azrieli , completion of the design was passed on to the Tel Aviv firm of Moore Yaski Sivan Arc...
shopping mall) and Tel Aviv HaHagana

Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station

Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station is an Israel Railways station in Tel Aviv. It is Tel Aviv's southernmost railway station, located some 400 meters to the east of Tel Aviv Central Bus Station....
(near the central bus station

Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, or Tel Aviv Central Bus Terminal is the primary bus station in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is located in the southern part of the city....
). It is estimated that more than a million people travel by train from the surrounding cities to Tel Aviv each month.

Since the completion of the Ayalon Highway railway section in 1995, Tel Aviv has been the central hub for rail transport in Israel. The Savidor Central Railway Station alone handled over 30,000 passengers daily in 2006. Railway lines from Tel Aviv include Israel Railways

Israel Railways

Beersheba

Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 186,100....
to Nahariya

Nahariya

Nahariya is a city with an estimated population of 51,000, located in North District , on the Mediterranean sea, just south of the Lebanon border at Rosh HaNikra ....
, as well as lines to Ashkelon

Ashkelon

Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Bronze Age. In the course of its history, it has been ruled by the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Babylonians, the Phoenicians, the Ancient Romes, the Muslims and the Crusaders....
, Modi'in

Modi'in

Modi'in is a city in the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics in 2005 the city had a total population of 68,000....
, Rishon LeTziyon and Jerusalem. A faster line to Ashkelon via Bat Yam

Bat Yam

File:Location_batyam.pngBat Yam is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean coast, on the central coastal strip, just south of Tel Aviv....
/Holon

Holon

File:Location_holon.pngHolon is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan in the Tel Aviv District....
is under construction. Most trains stop at all stations in Tel Aviv, except for some trains to and from Be'er Sheva that do not reach Tel Aviv University and night trains that only stop at Tel Aviv Savidor Central. All stations of Israel Railways, other than Dimona, are directly reachable from Tel Aviv.

Bus transport

Tel Aviv has two central bus stations. 'The old central bus station' is a relatively small terminal located in the south of the city, now used only for Egged lines to Bat Yam

Bat Yam

File:Location_batyam.pngBat Yam is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean coast, on the central coastal strip, just south of Tel Aviv....
, Holon

Holon

Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, or Tel Aviv Central Bus Terminal is the primary bus station in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is located in the southern part of the city....
is the biggest bus terminal in Israel, 400 meters from the old station.

The main bus network in Tel Aviv is operated by Dan Bus Company

Dan Bus Company

Dan Bus Company is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Gush Dan metropolitan area as well as some intercity bus service connecting the Gush Dan area with nearby regions of the country such as Samaria and Jerusalem....
, with some metropolitan lines operated by Egged and Kavim

Kavim

Kavim is an Israeli bus company. It was founded in 2000 and provided lines in the eastern Gush Dan region - the towns/cities Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, Or Yehuda, Giv'atayim and others....
. Few lines are dedicated to Tel Aviv, most lines serving Tel Aviv have their terminus in one of the neighboring cities. The Egged Bus Cooperative

Egged Bus Cooperative

Egged Israel Transport Cooperative Society Ltd is the largest bus company in Israel, and the second largest in the world . A cooperative owned by its members, Egged employs 6227 workers and has 3105 buses for more than 1038 service routes and 3984 alternative routes all over Israel....
, the world's second-largest bus company, provides most intercity transportation. Intercity transportation to certain destinations is offered by other companies, including Kavim

Kavim

Kavim is an Israeli bus company. It was founded in 2000 and provided lines in the eastern Gush Dan region - the towns/cities Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, Or Yehuda, Giv'atayim and others....
, Dan

Dan Bus Company

Metropoline

Metropoline is an Israeli bus company, which provides bus routes from Beersheba to Tel Aviv and other destinations, mainly in the Southern District ....
, Superbus, Connex

Veolia Transport

Veolia Transportation is the international transport services division of the France-based multinational company Veolia Environnement. Veolia Transportation trades under the brand names of Veolia Transportation, Veolia Transport, Veolia Verkehr in Germany, with the former name Connex Melbourne preserved in Melbourne, Lebanon, Israel and Jers...
and Egged Ta'avura

Egged Ta'avura

Egged Ta'avura is an Israeli bus company. It is a subsidiary of the Egged Bus Cooperative and the Ta'avura Group, and was founded by the two in 2006 from 2 other subsidiaries of Egged, following the public transportation reform and privatization in Israel in the 2000s....
.

Following is a partial list of destinations for every bus company:

Company name	Major destinations in Gush Dan Gush Dan Gush Dan is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Center District Districts of Israel. It is located along the Israeli coastal plain....	Major large distance destinations
Egged	Herzliya Herzliya File:Location_herzliya.pngHerzliya is a List of Israeli cities of 84,200 residents located on the Israeli coastal plain of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District.... , Raanana, Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Kfar Saba is a List of Israeli cities in the Sharon plain, of the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007, Kfar Saba had a total population of 81,600.... , Holon Holon File:Location_holon.pngHolon is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan in the Tel Aviv District.... , Rishon LeTziyon, Rehovot Rehovot Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 kilometre south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 106,200.... , Lod Lod Lod is a mixed Arab-Jewish city about 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2007, its population was 67,000.... , Yehud Yehud Yehud is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. The population of Yehud was in 2007 approximately 25,600 .... , Bat Yam Bat Yam File:Location_batyam.pngBat Yam is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean coast, on the central coastal strip, just south of Tel Aviv....	Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... , Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.... , all destinations in the North North District (Israel) The North District , is one of Israel's Districts of Israel. The North District has a land area of 4,478 km?, which increases to 4,638 km? when both land and water are included.... , Hadera Hadera Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa . The city is located along of the Israeli coastal plain.... , Bet Shemesh Bet Shemesh Beit Shemesh is a city council in Israel's Jerusalem District, with a population of 72,600 people. The modern day city was founded in 1950, although settlement has been on the site since pre-Biblical periods.... , Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Bronze Age. In the course of its history, it has been ruled by the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Babylonians, the Phoenicians, the Ancient Romes, the Muslims and the Crusaders.... , Eilat Eilat Eilat is Israel's South District city, a busy port as well as a popular resort, located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba....
Dan Dan Bus Company Dan Bus Company is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Gush Dan metropolitan area as well as some intercity bus service connecting the Gush Dan area with nearby regions of the country such as Samaria and Jerusalem....	Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Ramat Gan is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, which borders Tel Aviv to its west. It houses Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium, Bar-Ilan University, an advanced medical center , and The National Park .... , Bnei Brak Bnei Brak File:Location_bneibrak.pngFile:800px-Ponivez1.jpegBnei Brak is a city located on Israel's central Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, just east of Tel Aviv, in the Gush Dan and Tel Aviv District.... , Givatayim, Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams .... , Bat Yam Bat Yam File:Location_batyam.pngBat Yam is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean coast, on the central coastal strip, just south of Tel Aviv.... , Holon Holon File:Location_holon.pngHolon is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan in the Tel Aviv District.... , Rishon LeTziyon, Herzliya Herzliya File:Location_herzliya.pngHerzliya is a List of Israeli cities of 84,200 residents located on the Israeli coastal plain of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District.... , Raanana, Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Kfar Saba is a List of Israeli cities in the Sharon plain, of the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007, Kfar Saba had a total population of 81,600....	Ariel Ariel (city) The city of Ariel is an Israeli settlement and city in the West Bank, in the Hebrew Bible region of Samaria near the ancient village of Timnat Serah.... and other Samaria Samaria Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for the mountainous region in northern Israel roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank.... settlements
Superbus	Ramla Ramla Ramla , is a city in central Israel with a mixed Arab and Jewish population. Ramla was founded circa 705?715 CE by the Umayyad Caliph Suleiman ibn Abed al-Malik.... , Lod Lod Lod is a mixed Arab-Jewish city about 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2007, its population was 67,000....	Shoham Shoham Shoham is a town in the Center District of Israel.According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , Shoham's population in the end of 2007 was 19,400....
Kavim Kavim Kavim is an Israeli bus company. It was founded in 2000 and provided lines in the eastern Gush Dan region - the towns/cities Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, Or Yehuda, Giv'atayim and others....	Kiryat Ono, Yehud Yehud Yehud is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. The population of Yehud was in 2007 approximately 25,600 .... , Or Yehuda Or Yehuda File:Location_oryehuda.pngOr Yehuda is a city in the Tel Aviv District in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 32,200....	N/A
Metropoline Metropoline Metropoline is an Israeli bus company, which provides bus routes from Beersheba to Tel Aviv and other destinations, mainly in the Southern District ....	N/A	Be'er Sheva, Kiryat Gat, Sderot Sderot Sderot is a western Negev city in the South District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2006 the city had a total population of 19,300.... , Netivot Netivot Netivot is a city in the Southern District of Israel in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 25,600....
Connex Veolia Transport Veolia Transportation is the international transport services division of the France-based multinational company Veolia Environnement. Veolia Transportation trades under the brand names of Veolia Transportation, Veolia Transport, Veolia Verkehr in Germany, with the former name Connex Melbourne preserved in Melbourne, Lebanon, Israel and Jers...	N/A	Ashdod Ashdod Ashdod , is the List of Israeli cities in Israel, located in the South District of the country, on the Mediterranean Sea Israeli Coastal Plain, with a population of 207,000.... , Yavne Yavne Yavne is a city in the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 32,200.... , Modi'in Modi'in Modi'in is a city in the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics in 2005 the city had a total population of 68,000....
Egged Ta'avura Egged Ta'avura Egged Ta'avura is an Israeli bus company. It is a subsidiary of the Egged Bus Cooperative and the Ta'avura Group, and was founded by the two in 2006 from 2 other subsidiaries of Egged, following the public transportation reform and privatization in Israel in the 2000s....	N/A	Be'er Sheva, El'ad El'ad El'ad, also spelled Elad , is a city in the Center District of Israel. Located about east of Tel Aviv on Route 444 between Rosh HaAyin and Shoham, it also lies just west of the Green Line .... , Eshkol Regional Council Eshkol Regional Council The Eshkol Regional Council is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District . The regional council's territory lies midway between Ashkelon and Beersheba, bounded on the west by the Gaza Strip while the eastern border abuts the territory of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council....
Nateev Express	N/A	Netanya Netanya Netanya is a city in the Center District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. It is located between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north....

Most intercity lines use the central bus station or the 2000 Terminal

Tel Aviv 2000 Terminal

2000 Terminal, more commonly known as Arlozorov Terminal, is a bus terminal in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is located near the border of Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan, next to Ayalon Highway and the junction of several traffic arteries - Jabotinsky Road that leads to Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak and Petah Tikva, Begin Road that goes to south Tel Aviv, Nam...
(Arlozorov Terminal) located next to the Tel Aviv Central railway station. The 2000 Terminal is the second most important terminal in Tel Aviv, and all lines from the central bus station heading North stop there.

Other important terminals include:

The Carmelit Terminal near the Carmel Market
Carmel Market

The Carmel Market is the largest market in Tel Aviv. The market is bordered by Allenby Street and Magen David Square and the market is principally located along Carmel Street , but has expanded over time to streets such as Nahalat Binyamin Street....
, used by many Dan lines and a few Kavim and Egged metropolitan lines to various parts of Gush Dan
The Reading Terminal near the power station by the same name, used by Dan lines to other parts of Tel Aviv, Holon, Rishon LeTziyon and Bat Yam, Kavim lines to Or Yehuda and Kiryat Ono, and Egged lines to Holon and Rishon LeTziyon
The Atidim Terminal, a terminus of several urban Dan lines on the northeastern outskirts of the city

Air transport

Tel Aviv's domestic airport is Sde Dov in the northwestern part of the city. Sde Dov is slated to close because it occupies prime coastal real estate near the upscale Ramat Aviv neighborhood. In the near future all services to Sde Dov will transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport The airport is located near the city of Lod, 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv. It is operated by the Israel Airports Authority, a government-owned corporation that manages all public airports and Border controls in the State of Israel....
, Israel's main international airport, close to the city of Lod

Lod

Lod is a mixed Arab-Jewish city about 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2007, its population was 67,000....
and southeast of Tel Aviv. Because it is close to Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion International Airport is often referred to as Tel Aviv International Airport even though it is not part of any municipal jurisdiction.

Future plans

Tel Aviv Municipality is trying to encourage the use of bicycles in the city, aiming to open 100 bicycle-rental stations to serve of bicycle paths. Plans call for expansion of the paths to by 2009.

In early 2008, Tel Aviv Municipality announced a pilot scheme to build charging stations for electric cars. Initially, five charging points will be built, and eventually 150 points will be set up across the city as part of the Israeli electric car project, Project Better Place

Project Better Place

Better Place based in Palo-Alto California is a venture-backed company that aims to reduce global dependency on petroleum through the creation of a market-based transportation infrastructure that supports electric vehicles, providing consumers with a cheaper, cleaner, sustainable, personal transportation alternative....
. Furthermore, battery replacement points will be located at the city's entrances.

A light rail

Light rail

Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail transit public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than Passenger_rail_terminology#Heavy_rail and rapid transit systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than street-running tram systems....
/subway system is planned for the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. The Red Line

Tel Aviv Subway

The Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area Light Rail System is a long planned light rail/rapid transit system for the Gush Dan, Israel's largest. The project is in the opening phases of construction....
of the project is expected to be operation in 2013 and will pass through south-central Tel Aviv and Jaffa. A second line, the Green Line, will pass through the heart of Tel Aviv and in January 2008, it was decided that most of its route will be underground.