Editing Transport in Israel (section)

=== Bus service ===
[[File:Egged1769.jpg|thumb|Egged articulated bus]]
Buses are the country's main form of public transport. In 2017, bus passenger trips totaled approximately 740 million.<ref name="calcalist1">{{cite news|url=https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3741554,00.html|title=שלוש שנים לפיצוץ גשר מעריב: איפה עומדים פרויקטי התחבורה של ישראל?|trans-title=Three Years After the Ma'ariv Bridge Demolition: What is the Status of Transportation Projects in Israel?|work=[[Calcalist]]|author=Gutman, Lior|date=July 3, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018|language=he}}</ref> In 2009, 16 companies operated buses for public transport, totaling 5,939 buses and 8,470 drivers. [[Egged (company)|Egged]] is Israel's largest bus company, and operates routes throughout the country.<ref name="2009stats">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3895184,00.html|title=Special: Which Bus Company Provides Acceptable Service|author=Hazelcorn, Shahar|newspaper=[[Ynet]]|date=May 28, 2010|access-date=2010-05-29|language=he}}</ref> Bus routes in some areas are operated by smaller carriers, the largest being the [[Dan Bus Company]], operating routes in [[Gush Dan]]. [[Kavim]] is the next largest.

[[:Category:Bus stations in Israel|Bus stations in Israel]], other than standalone bus stops, come in two types: terminals (''masof'', pl. ''mesofim'') and central stations (''tahana merkazit''). Each terminal serves a number of routes, usually over a dozen, while a central station may serve over a hundred bus routes. The largest central bus terminal in the country is the [[Tel Aviv Central Bus Station]], which is also the second largest bus terminal in the world.

On August 5, 2010, the Ministry of Transport opened a website that contained information about public bus and train routes in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=משרד התחבורה מידע לנוסע |url=https://www.bus.gov.il/ |access-date=2012-05-13 |website=www.bus.gov.il}}</ref> Previously, information was given only by the individual public transit operators.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3930960,00.html|title = הגיע הזמן: הוקם אתר מידע לתחבורה ציבורית|newspaper = Ynet|date = 5 August 2010}}</ref>

==== Bus rapid transit ====
Israel has one [[bus rapid transit]] system in [[Haifa]], called the [[Metronit]], which consists of three lines connecting Haifa to its suburbs. In addition, there are BRT feeder lines to the [[Jerusalem Light Rail]], running on dedicated bus lanes from Southern Jerusalem to the Northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot crossing the light rail line at the intersection of Jaffa and King George Streets.