Ministry of transport

Jerusalem's L3 light rail line extended to Damascus Gate, stops added in downtown area

Several additional lines and extensions are planned for the city, according to a master plan map on the Cfir website.

A light rail car stands at its stop. Jerusalem will open the R3 light rail line on Friday, August 21, 2026.
Expansion of Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport.

40 million passengers a year: Ben Gurion Airport launches major expansion of Terminal 3

A person rides on a scooter as smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone following a fire caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 3, 2026

National Security Council issues warning for Israelis in UAE amid Iranian threat

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on September 18, 2025.

Israel to build new international airport in Negev, PMO announces


Rav-Kav travel card is leaving the station, replaced by apps, bracelets

The new system will monitor how users travel and will choose the cheapest option based on their travel at the end of each month.

Rav Kav 521

Bus strike cancelled as Smotrich promises funds will be transferred

Starting on Sunday or Monday, additional companies will join Kaviim in ceasing operations, including Dan, Afikim, Superbus, Netiv Express, Dan North and Dan South.

Barriers at a bus stop on Keren Hayesod Street

Rav Kav travel card to allow use of stored value in Judea and Samaria

Up until now, the stored value could not be used in Judea and Samaria, due to the already discounted fare in the region.

The Rav Kav smartcard

Yeshiva students to get same public transport discounts as uni students

‘First equate responsibilities of yeshiva and university students, including getting a job, before equating rights,’ says religious pluralism group

‘WITHIN ANY arrangement in Israel it is critical to ensure that no one is forced to work on Shabbat, as in the case of bus drivers or construction workers.’

New public transportation lane aims to ease Jerusalem traffic

Jerusalem traffic has been particularly dense after Jerusalem authorities shut one of the primary routes into the city for an estimated three-year period.

Before and after the construction of a new public transportation lane along Jerusalem's Begin Boulevard

As cancellation fines drop, buses tend not to show up

For delays, companies had to pay NIS 500 per delay of greater than 11 minutes until 2009, while they now only have to pay between NIS 53 and NIS 173, depending on the number of delays.

THE JERUSALEM Central Bus Station and its iconic clock face.

Most bus stations in Israel are not friendly to the visually impaired

116 stations were examined: only 18 of them showed in braille which lines stop there, 30 partially featured the bus lines in braille, and 68 had no braille at all.

THE JERUSALEM Central Bus Station and its iconic clock face.

Israel Railways: A tale of failures across the board

The dispute between the management and the union is only the tip of the iceberg of much more complex structural and strategic problems that Israel Railways has faced over the past years.

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Israel Katz (front) and employees of China Railway Engineering Corporation take part in an event marking the beginning of underground construction work of the light rail, using a tunnel boring machine, in Tel Aviv in February 2017.

Transportation Ministry to pay drivers to stay off the roads

The pilot program is meant to address the problem of congested roads.

‘DRIVE – YOURSELF – on our highways, especially at rush hour’: Traffic creeps along the Geha Interchange.

Intercity public transportation will be free on election day

An Egged bus in front of the Jerusalem Central Bus Station