Tel Aviv was rated as one of the world’s five most congested cities by the navigation app Waze, according to a Haaretz report on Monday. Waze found that driving one kilometer in Tel Aviv (.6 miles) takes 2.38 minutes.
Manila, the capital of the Philippines, was ranked as the world’s most traffic-congested city – driving a kilometer there takes 4.9 minutes.
Bogota, Columbia, and Jakarta, Indonesia are a bit less congested than Manila, taking four minutes to drive a kilometer and Sao Paulo, Brazil was rated as just a bit less congested than Tel Aviv.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Monetary Fund say that Israel has “significant infrastructure needs.”
The OECD’s recommendations for Israel is to impose taxes on transport in private cars rather than taxing car purchases, developing toll lanes on pubic highways and ride-sharing via apps such as Uber.
Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich is working on implementing these reforms.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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I visited Tel Aviv recently. It is impossible to go anywhere in rush hour in a reasonable amount of time. Otherwise, it is the greatest city I have ever visited. Even the overpriced kosher food is reasonably overpriced.
most of the streets in Israel, meaning TA, Jerusalem, etc were built many years ago before most people had cars. 40 years ago people were still poor; today, wealth is everywhere and it is reflected in the numerous autos which congest the city.
But these cities are not congested in terms of living life and enjoying the out doors. Plenty of open areas….