Transportation justice

"Transportation justice" is the awkwardly named initiative of the Ministry of Transport introducing a reform regarding fares on public transport.

• People over the age of 67 now travel free on all forms of public transport (reduced from age 72)
• People living in "the periphery" receive 50% discount
• For everyone else, prices have risen for the second time in several months by about 15%

So it's not what I would call justice: instead of having one price for all, the price for some people has been lowered and for others raised. And of course, those who pay are also hit by all the other price increases.

As I am over the age of 67, I can now travel for free, and about ten days ago I received a message from the company that issues the smart transport cards that explained how to update my smart card. I could do this from my telephone although it was dependent on having an account with the company that I apparently have.

Today I used my card to travel free to Tel Aviv. This isn't actually such a big deal for me as the company for whom I work reimburses me for travel expenses, and I only travel maybe two times a year for personal reasons. Still, it saves having to fiddle with ticket machines and saving the receipts. This also enables me to alight at one stop but board at another; this worked previously (eg the day we went to the Gaza border¹, I alighted at Bnei Brak, but returned from the University stop) but always made me wary. Should I want to, I can now board at Bnei Brak, alight at Azrieli, shop, then board and go home.

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