Combined, the data underlines Israelis’ growing preference for owning cars.Īnd, as Israel’s population growth outpaces the OECD’s by a factor of four - 1.7% to 0.4%, according to the World Bank - car growth will likely continue, barring a radical change in behavior. Israel’s motorization rate has also sharply increased over the past years, to nearly 400 cars per 1,000 residents - a leap from around 300 five years ago - meaning car density in the population is also increasing. There are more cars than ever before on Israeli roads, hitting 3.7 million in 2020 - up from 3.6 million in 2019 - and expected to increase by a further 100,000 net new cars each year, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. But why? Why is this unfolding in a period when so many people have been commuting less and working more from home because of COVID-19?Īnd what are Israel’s national planners going to do about it? Too many carsĮxperts point to several factors contributing to increased congestion, but they can largely be summarized as too many cars and too few public transportation solutions.
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