The City of Bnei Brak and NTA are preparing a joint plan to
improve public transportation from the city center to the
light-rail stations slated for future construction in Bnei
Brak according to a survey NTA Director Mr. Yishai Dotan
presented to city councilmen.
Mr. Dotan noted that the light-rail system is designed not
only to revolutionize transportation in the central region,
but also to spur economic, social and urban growth and
improve the quality of life and environmental conditions in
the area.
He said that according to the current plan the advanced
subway system would operate on electricity, which does not
emit electricity or fuel fumes. It will follow a route free
of traffic jams or closed streets and run every three minutes
during peak hours and every 6-10 minutes during other
hours.
From an economic perspective he said that it promises to save
the public time and operating expenses and generate
competition over land resources, thereby raising land prices
in the vicinity of the train line in the five cities the
train is slated to pass through — Bat Yam, Tel Aviv-
Jaffa, Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak and Petach Tikva. Four hundred
million shekels ($95 million) have already been spent in
these cities on clearing and infrastructures development work
out of the total of 800 million ($190 million) earmarked for
these purposes.
