Comments on: Could Jerusalem Light Rail be a Train to Peace? http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:58:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nelson Fausett http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-193806 Nelson Fausett Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:07:14 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-193806 Can you tell me to subscribe this site through other ways instead of using RSS? I never make it work on any readers though I can read it on opera. Can you tell me to subscribe this site through other ways instead of using RSS? I never make it work on any readers though I can read it on opera.

]]> By: as http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-1240 as Thu, 14 May 2009 21:22:16 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-1240 Alon, According to a speech I heard a few weeks ago, given by an activist Israeli woman who lives in Jerusalem, public buses running throughout Jerusalem, paid for by tax dollars of all citizens, are increasingly enforcing this segregated seating system. The numbers of lines with this rule is growing and is not restricted to routes in the orthodox neighborhoods. Alon,
According to a speech I heard a few weeks ago, given by an activist Israeli woman who lives in Jerusalem, public buses running throughout Jerusalem, paid for by tax dollars of all citizens, are increasingly enforcing this segregated seating system. The numbers of lines with this rule is growing and is not restricted to routes in the orthodox neighborhoods.

]]> By: Alon Levy http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-1239 Alon Levy Thu, 14 May 2009 18:22:27 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-1239 AS: I thought women only had to sit in the back on bus lines operated by Haredi companies. The Egged lines don't have these rules, do they? AS: I thought women only had to sit in the back on bus lines operated by Haredi companies. The Egged lines don’t have these rules, do they?

]]> By: as http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-1237 as Wed, 13 May 2009 22:49:56 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-1237 would the train be equally open to all? arab- israeli, and palestinian- and jew alike? as jerusalem will be an important base of this rail, will women have to sit in the back of the train as is now common on many public bus lines in jerusalem? amazing how complicated building a train could be.... would the train be equally open to all?
arab- israeli, and palestinian- and jew alike?
as jerusalem will be an important base of this rail, will women have to sit in the back of the train as is now common on many public bus lines in jerusalem?
amazing how complicated building a train could be….

]]> By: Alon Levy http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-1238 Alon Levy Wed, 13 May 2009 18:42:28 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-1238 The problem with Gaza isn't that there's no airport or seaport. It's that Israel's blockading them. The problem with Gaza isn’t that there’s no airport or seaport. It’s that Israel’s blockading them.

]]> By: JoeC http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-1236 JoeC Wed, 13 May 2009 03:53:20 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-1236 There was a study published by the Rand Institute not long ago called teh ARC (http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9119/index1.html), which recommended a high speed rail line between the West Bank and Gaza as a means of improving economic politicla ties between the two sides of the Palestinian state and allwoing it a measure of independance (although it seems that Isreal is not currently amenable to that idea). It would be a secured line through Isreal, but is intended to focus dvelopment in Palestine, and also focus the identity of the Palestinian state on a disceet peice of infrastructrure. The plan also included a link to a new Palestinean airport and sea port in Gaza. There was a study published by the Rand Institute not long ago called teh ARC (http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9119/index1.html), which recommended a high speed rail line between the West Bank and Gaza as a means of improving economic politicla ties between the two sides of the Palestinian state and allwoing it a measure of independance (although it seems that Isreal is not currently amenable to that idea). It would be a secured line through Isreal, but is intended to focus dvelopment in Palestine, and also focus the identity of the Palestinian state on a disceet peice of infrastructrure. The plan also included a link to a new Palestinean airport and sea port in Gaza.

]]> By: Stewart Clamen http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-1235 Stewart Clamen Tue, 12 May 2009 23:35:25 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-1235 Are there any existing light-rail lines that traverse an international boundary requiring passport control? Are there any existing light-rail lines that traverse an international boundary requiring passport control?

]]> By: Alon Levy http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-1234 Alon Levy Tue, 12 May 2009 18:34:23 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-1234 It's interesting. I'd always thought it would be the other way around: the settlers would be huge supporters of the project, and the Arabs would get shafted. It’s interesting. I’d always thought it would be the other way around: the settlers would be huge supporters of the project, and the Arabs would get shafted.

]]> By: Andy Lynch http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-1233 Andy Lynch Tue, 12 May 2009 18:15:07 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-1233 This will probably happen the same time as the West Bank to Gaza rail line. In other words, don't hold your breath. Otherwise, it's nice to show that rents around a streetcar line are on the rise. This will probably happen the same time as the West Bank to Gaza rail line. In other words, don’t hold your breath.

Otherwise, it’s nice to show that rents around a streetcar line are on the rise.

]]> By: Harry http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/12/could-jerusalem-light-rail-be-a-train-to-peace/#comment-1232 Harry Tue, 12 May 2009 16:58:44 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=2210#comment-1232 Apologies to Cat Stevens, Yonah. Apologies to Cat Stevens, Yonah.

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