Traffic

Haredi protesters set road blocks at Jerusalem entrance roads, disrupting traffic into city

Traffic was disrupted at the entrance to Jerusalem on Saturday evening after Haredi protesters set up a series of roadblocks, police said.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem, January 11, 2026; illustrative.
 Traffic light displaying green.

National Transport Infrastructure Company deploys AI-based adaptive traffic lights across Israel

The US Air Force Thunderbirds fly up the Hudson River over New York City on August 4, 2026. The Thunderbirds performed at the Air Dot Show New York in Orange County, NY and are next headlining the Rochester International Airshow.

Controlled chaos: Inside Israel's air traffic during unprecedented US-Israel strikes - interview

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Road-safety lessons every international traveler should know before driving in the U.S.


The end of traffic jams? Flying cars head to mass production for 2027

Xpeng’s president reveals the timeline for a transport revolution: The company is expected to sell flying cars as early as 2027, while humanoid robots will reach the market at the end of 2026.

Flying car from the Chinese company Xpeng.

Sharing the sky: Urban air mobility and the questions we must answer before we fly-opinion

It's a different kind of traffic, but every hard problem in UAM is a hard problem in defense.

AIR One eVTOL

Israel's noise pollution upsets animals as much as people - but can be reduced, study finds

Researchers at Beersheba’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have pioneered a first-of-its-kind spatial model that maps how road noise disrupts animal behavior.

  Israeli drivers and roads are notorious for being among the worst worldwide.

US intelligence warns Iran unlikely to ease Hormuz Strait chokehold soon, sources say

The Strait of Hormuz, controlled on one side by Iran, carries a fifth of the world's oil trade.

 A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025.

Driver speeding to escape sirens gets license suspension in landmark ruling

The court emphasized that speeding in emergency situations may increase, rather than reduce, risk, and suspended the driver’s license for 30 days. 

 An illustrative image of slow-moving traffic on Israel's Ayalon Highway.

Within two hours: Three bus crashes in southern Israel leave 37 injured, including IDF soldiers

Twenty-one people were injured near Mitzpe Ramon, 11 near the Nevatim junction, and another five near Ruhama.

Bus carrying IDF soldiers to base overturns near Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel, February 26, 2026.

Red traffic light saves stroke victim's life in Rishon Lezion

A passing Magen David Adom paramedic saved the life of 75-year-old Moshe Ami Benita, who suffered a stroke while stopped at a red light in Rishon Lezion during a routine drive home.

A Magen David Adom mobile intensive care unit and paramedic, June 2, 2025; illustrative.

Arab families protest rise in violent crime, murder, blocking Ayalon highway

“This struggle is a fight for life and against the abandonment of an entire society that bleeds every day,” the protesters said.

Members of the Arab community in Israel protest against the violence in their community, in Sakhnin, northern Israel, January 22, 2026.

Ultra-Orthodox rioters throw stones, call police 'Nazis' in protests over dead infants' autopsies

Eleven were arrested before protests began to disperse following the High Court of Justice's blocking of the planned autopsies.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died in a daycare, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Two policemen injured at religious youth protest in Jerusalem marking Ahuvia Sandak's death

The protesters, a group of young right-wing nationalists, took to the streets to mark five years since the death of hilltop youth Ahuvia Sandak.

A police officer's bandaged hand is seen during protests in Jerusalem, December 27, 2025