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Madam Minister of Transport, Public Transport?
Not at the expense of human life
Public transportation is a real solution but not the only one.
Certainly not immediately.
The vision of the Minister of Transport may prioritize improving the quality of life over life itself.
MK Boaz Toporovsky in a special column for "Walla! Car"
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Merav Michaeli
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MK Boaz Toporovsky
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 13:42 Updated: 15:57
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Strengthening public transportation is the vision of Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli.
79.5% of the budget The development of transportation is invested in public transportation - a record amount and the intention is to continue to increase it in the coming years.
This decision by Minister Michaeli is a necessary and welcome change, the essence of which is long-term planning that seeks to produce a systemic solution as part of the revolution in the world of transportation, through the promotion and improvement of public and cooperative transportation.
More public transport, more trains, more investment in walking and cycling trails. More accessibility in micro-mobility transportation, more out-of-the-box thinking and innovative solutions such as promoting autonomous transportation and even skimmers. More mass transit solutions that will take Israel out of traffic and fewer populist opportunities New as a transportation solution that has long since passed from the world.
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The program: a push forward of public connection (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Minister Michaeli's public transport vision, along with the autonomous vision, are the right long-term solution and I am proud of the opportunity to assist her in his promotion as Coalition Chairman and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Road Safety. But on the way to a better future, Immediate. Plan for the future, but also act in the present. Unite again, the vision is necessary and important. But along with the concern for another ten and twenty years, we must preserve human life even today. The current shortcomings are exactly what needs to be done in transport and road safety.
From investment in infrastructure and traffic jams to public transportation routes (Photo: Reuven Castro)
The war on the roads is the most difficult and bloody war. Nearly 300 people have been killed on the country's roads since the beginning of the year. On average, over 300 new families join the unnecessary bereavement circle each year. The road is the most dangerous place to be, more than any other place in the country. Therefore, just as we treat the issue of violence in Arab society as an emergency that must be devoted to resources, so we must do in relation to road safety - create policy and invest budgets in protecting human lives and immediate solutions and not just ask the public to wait patiently (or be killed in vain) for the moment. Here public transport is good, convenient and efficient.
If we repair Highway 232 in the envelope tomorrow, we will save lives tomorrow.
If tomorrow we implement systems to prevent deviation from the lane and not just in luxury vehicles, tomorrow we will save lives.
If we install more deceleration lanes in the vicinity of educational institutions tomorrow, we will save lives tomorrow.
If we adjust the guardrails for motorcyclists, tomorrow we will save lives.
We have become a sin to ourselves and probably to our children, if we do not learn to raise alongside the flag of the blessed future public transport, also the flag of preserving the lives of road users in the present.
Build a better future, but do not forget life itself, here and now.
It would be a mistake to invest in paving hundreds of miles of new roads, but we are committed to investing in strengthening red road infrastructure and treating risk hotspots that without investment, will surely cost lives.
Road 232 in the Gaza Envelope, which is desperate for investment in security (Photo: MDA)
Along with the huge and welcome investment in "outdated" public transportation, we must remember that the smart revolution in the world of transportation, which includes mass transit solutions, speaks at its core of autonomous, collaborative and electric transportation.
A light, heavy or metro train will be an excellent solution that will take the vehicles off the road, reduce traffic congestion and help fight air pollution but it is adapted to the 19th and 20th centuries.
These are not the solutions to which humanity is advancing with technological advancement.
In the foreseeable future there will be no more private vehicles and for sure we will need railways but a thought of air routes for flying transport when the world of infrastructure is old.
Reality will change.
MK Boaz Toporovsky, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Road Safety (Photo: Reuven Castro)
And back to the decision of the Minister of Transport and Road Safety in the current government.
There is not and will not be an instant solution that will instantly transfer hundreds of thousands of drivers to public transportation.
Therefore, we must invest in the here and now as well.
Some of these things are in the current budget, in the Arrangements Law and thanks to collaborations formed to save lives - twenty million to promote safety near educational institutions, ten million to strengthen the enforcement system, forty million to adjust safety tracks for motorcyclists, cooperation with the Capital Market Authority to combat drunk drivers. Assimilation of the tachograph in heavy vehicles, construction of rest bays and more.
That's a lot but certainly not enough.
There is still a lot to do.
Therefore, let us not, if we think too much about the future, neglect the present.
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