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Public transport fares in Israel are lower than in most OECD countries
Minister of Transport Bezalel Smotrich was interviewed on IDF radio station 'Bottom Line' program about the public transport reform announced by the Knesset Conference .
Its implementation is scheduled to begin in February 2020. The interviewer, Itai Zilber, asked Smotrich about the impact of the reform on public transport prices in Israel. Smotrich said in response that "the problem of public transport is not its price. There are target populations that can and should be treated, as they do today, with children and older people. The problem of public transport is its availability, it's its reliability. We are, in comparison to what is customary in the world, very cheap on public transport."
International comparisons are usually based on calculating the average cost of a public transport trip. The Numbeo website presents cost-of-living data from around the world, collected by users and verified by the site's staff. Website data uses the world's largest media outlets. The website shows an international comparison of the average one-way fare for public transportation, in US dollars. In comparison, Israel was ranked 20th out of 94. First place is Norway, where public transport prices are the most expensive, followed by Iceland, Switzerland, Denmark and the Netherlands. The five countries where the cheapest prices were documented are Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Tunisia.
Expatistan, which compares the cost of living in different cities and countries around the world, can find data on the average price of a free-monthly ticket in different cities around the world. Recently, the site data was quoted in a Deutsche Bank report on prices of services and products in the world in about 50 cities. Although the report did not include Israeli cities, the database allows us to examine the cost of public transportation in Israel compared to other cities. According to Expatistan, the average price of a free monthly ticket in Tel Aviv is $ 65 - slightly lower than the price in Singapore, which ranks 26th on the list. The cities where these tickets are more expensive are London, Dublin, Tokyo, New York, Toronto, Amsterdam, Berlin and San Francisco. Among the lower-priced cities are Seoul, Vienna, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Rome, Istanbul, Shanghai, Mexico City, Mumbai and Buenos Aires.
A similar comparison can be found on the World Atlas website, which collected data on the average cost of bus, subway, or subway travel in select cities, as of 2017. In comparison, Tel Aviv ranked 27th out of 71 cities.
Relying on the "Numbeo" and OECD site data to examine average public transport prices as part of average income in the enterprise countries. In examining the average price of one-way travel on public transport, Israel ranks 20 out of 34 countries for which data is available. According to Numbau, the average cost of traveling in Israel is $ 1.7. By comparison, at the top of the table are Norway and Iceland, where the average cost of travel is $ 3.9 and $ 3.87, respectively. At the bottom of the table is Mexico, where the average cost of travel is $ 0.46. In calculating the average price for one-way travel in public transportation as part of the average daily wage, Israel is ranked 21st out of 34. The cost of public transport is about 1.65% of the Israeli average daily wage.
Transport minister Bezalel Smotrich - "Public transport fares in Israel are lower than in most OECD countries"
Minister of Transport Bezalel Smotrich was interviewed on IDF radio station 'Bottom Line' program about the public transport reform announced by the Knesset Conference .
Its implementation is scheduled to begin in February 2020. The interviewer, Itai Zilber, asked Smotrich about the impact of the reform on public transport prices in Israel. Smotrich said in response that "the problem of public transport is not its price. There are target populations that can and should be treated, as they do today, with children and older people. The problem of public transport is its availability, it's its reliability. We are, in comparison to what is customary in the world, very cheap on public transport."
International comparisons are usually based on calculating the average cost of a public transport trip. The Numbeo website presents cost-of-living data from around the world, collected by users and verified by the site's staff. Website data uses the world's largest media outlets. The website shows an international comparison of the average one-way fare for public transportation, in US dollars. In comparison, Israel was ranked 20th out of 94. First place is Norway, where public transport prices are the most expensive, followed by Iceland, Switzerland, Denmark and the Netherlands. The five countries where the cheapest prices were documented are Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Tunisia.
Expatistan, which compares the cost of living in different cities and countries around the world, can find data on the average price of a free-monthly ticket in different cities around the world. Recently, the site data was quoted in a Deutsche Bank report on prices of services and products in the world in about 50 cities. Although the report did not include Israeli cities, the database allows us to examine the cost of public transportation in Israel compared to other cities. According to Expatistan, the average price of a free monthly ticket in Tel Aviv is $ 65 - slightly lower than the price in Singapore, which ranks 26th on the list. The cities where these tickets are more expensive are London, Dublin, Tokyo, New York, Toronto, Amsterdam, Berlin and San Francisco. Among the lower-priced cities are Seoul, Vienna, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Rome, Istanbul, Shanghai, Mexico City, Mumbai and Buenos Aires.
A similar comparison can be found on the World Atlas website, which collected data on the average cost of bus, subway, or subway travel in select cities, as of 2017. In comparison, Tel Aviv ranked 27th out of 71 cities.
Relying on the "Numbeo" and OECD site data to examine average public transport prices as part of average income in the enterprise countries. In examining the average price of one-way travel on public transport, Israel ranks 20 out of 34 countries for which data is available. According to Numbau, the average cost of traveling in Israel is $ 1.7. By comparison, at the top of the table are Norway and Iceland, where the average cost of travel is $ 3.9 and $ 3.87, respectively. At the bottom of the table is Mexico, where the average cost of travel is $ 0.46. In calculating the average price for one-way travel in public transportation as part of the average daily wage, Israel is ranked 21st out of 34. The cost of public transport is about 1.65% of the Israeli average daily wage.
Transport minister Bezalel Smotrich - "Public transport fares in Israel are lower than in most OECD countries"
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