Elderly women with caretaker in Tel Aviv
Elderly women with caretaker in Tel AvivFlash90

Transport Minister Merav Michaeli (Labor) and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) announced reforms to the costs of public transportation today (Sunday). The new rules are expected to go into effect beginning this summer.

According to the planned changes, bus and train tickets will be subsidized by 70%, with further reductions expected to follow.

The new price plan also stipulates that monthly passes for public transportation nationwide will now be available for NIS 225, while regional passes will be reduced to NIS 99 in the south and north of the country for trips within a 40 km radius.

The best part of the new law, however, involves individuals aged 75 and up traveling for free and ones 60 years of age and above charged a mere NIS 112.5 for a monthly pass.