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NEWS
Buses Went Up Monday, Gas Prices Down
by G. Lazar
Public transport tariffs rose as of Monday (January 1) by an
average of two percent. According to the new tariff, a bus
ride inside Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and cities in Gush-
Dan will now cost 4.80 NIS instead of 4.70 NIS. In other
cities and settlements the cost of a bus ride will be 4.10
NIS instead of 4.00 NIS.
The bus ride from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv on the 405 bus will
now cost 18.40 NIS instead of 18.00 NIS. A ride from Tel-
Aviv to Haifa will cost 21.00 NIS instead of 20.50 NIS.
Good news for drivers: gas is seven percent cheaper.
Gasoline 95 and 96 octane will be reduced by 30 agorot per
liter (to NIS 3.84), solar gas for transport and crude oil
will be 22 percent cheaper and solar gas for heating and
kerosene will be reduced by 28 percent.
It is feared that the supply of gasoline within Israel may
be disrupted over the next few days: workers of the
National Company for Energy and Gas Infrastructure are
disrupting the supply of gas to gas stations throughout
Israel and to certain government companies. In addition, it
is also expected that there will be a disruption in the
supply of gas to airplanes in airports throughout the
country. The government wants to privatize the distribution
of these energy products, and the workers want assurances
that their rights will be safeguarded. They say that there
are signed agreements that the government is not
honoring.
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