Groundbreaking initiative adds full-sized buses to fleet of smaller vehicles to keep up with massive demand

Hundreds take advantage of six routes providing free service to riders in city and surrounding suburbs, with municipality pledging to increase number of vehicles due to high demand

Six routes covering 300 kilometers will serve metropolis as well as surrounding cities of Ramat Hasharon, Givatayim, and Kiryat Ono on Saturday, the Jewish day of rest

Education minister says scheme that will see bus lines provide central residents with free rides on Jewish day of rest will 'deepen the rifts' in society

Plan involving several central cities will see some seven bus lines provide residents with free rides on Jewish day of rest

Cars to be kept from Shazar Boulevard near Convention Center to make way for construction of tunnel and new Jerusalem Gateway commercial quarter

Ultra-Orthodox party says it will take action against city's 'shameful decision' to have shuttle bus lines operate on the Jewish day of rest

Good weather, flat landscape and Sabbath availability make micromobility a useful option for many, but critics say they are a danger and often discarded in the middle of sidewalks

Private vehicles to be barred from main thoroughfare into capital for 3 years due to construction; public transportation to continue as normal

There is a solution to the astonishingly expensive housing in Israel: not by introducing new policies but by improving public transport