Teaching Israel Studies

Weinreb, Amelia Rosenberg

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-16915-1

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“…Second, the rise in life expectancy resulting (among other things) from the advancement and improvement of healthcare services (Dwolatzky, Brodsky, Azaiza, Clarfield, Jacobs, & Litwin, 2017). Third, relatively high marriage, childbirth, and fertility rates for religious, cultural, and traditional reasons (Szajnbrum, 2009;Okun, 2013;Okun, 2017;Weinreb, Chernichovsky, & Brill, 2018). The increase in Israel's population, which began with the founding of the state, has continued consistently in recent years as well, as evident from the data in the Graph above.…”

Section: The Increase In Israel's Populationmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Israel is considered a country with a more prominent population increase than other developed countries (Schellekens & Anson, 2017;Weinreb, 2020). The increase in Israel's population stems from a combination of three main factors: First, the high rate of Jewish immigration from other countries to Israel, usually for ideological and Zionist reasons (Eckstein & Weiss, 2004).…”

Section: The Increase In Israel's Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The demand for transportation in general and for private ownership of vehicles in particular is leading to growing traffic congestion (Cohen, 2019), slower traffic speed, and hence reduced work hours and lower work productivity (Sweet, 2011), increasing air pollution (Lipfert, Wyzga, Baty & Miller, 2006), a rising number of traffic accidents (Dicu & Stânga, 2013), and so on. This state of affairs exists in many countries, but it is particularly conspicuous in countries characterized by a consistent increase in the local population, such as Israel (Weinreb, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The increase in the number of vehicles and the shortage of parking in Israel’s urban areas - economic and political factors

Cohen

2023

Economics &Amp; Sociology

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ABSTRACT. This study addresses the growing increase in the number of vehicles in Israel and the resulting shortage of parking in city centers. Israel was chosen as a case study because it is a country with rapid population growth, a concentration of residents in central areas, and inefficient public transportation, which constitute explicit causes of the trends presented in the study. The study seeks to portray the implicit causes underlying the increasing number of vehicles in Israel and of the shortage of parking in city centers. The research method combines quantitative and qualitative techniques. The quantitative part includes analysis of data on vehicle density in various cities in Israel and on the number of parking offenses resulting from the shortage of parking in city centers. The vehicle density index per 1,000 Residents for each city will be calculated by multiplying the total number of Private Cars Registered in the city by the total Number of city’s Residents and multiplying by 1000. At the same time, the Number of Parking Reports data which presented in the study has been obtained from the local authorities themselves, which may cause to biased information according to the interests of those authorities. The qualitative part includes examination of the resultant public policy affecting the increase in vehicles. The data set will include the vehicle and fuel taxation policy. The research conclusions show that the increase in vehicles is affected among other things by economic and political factors that contribute to this growing trend and prevent its restriction, respectively. This study calls to the decision makers to promote and develop public transportation and correct its failures. Israel's public transportation services remain afflicted by many faults that contribute to residents' significant and increasing dependency on private vehicles. A large part of the public transportation means are too crowded, bus and train services do not run frequently enough, and the service is slow. There are insufficient connections between the different means of public transportation, with low access to stations among relatively large parts of the population and there is still a shortage of the necessary personnel and infrastructure for it's develop. In addition, the research conclusions call for a political solution that will make it possible to operate public transportation on Saturdays, while also expanding the use of self-driving cars and allocating outlying parking areas together with rental services for electric scooters and bicycles or shuttle services to city centers.

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