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Driving Together

Yohai Ansbacher lives in Jerusalem, but comes for meetings in Tel Aviv

almost every day. He usually drives in his private car, but it has been shut
down for a while, and instead of dragging around in public transportation,

he decided to join carpooling. More and more people, mostly young,

decide to make their trip out of town with complete strangers in the same
car, and this way save on the cost of the ride. You can find countless

groups on Facebook that open by destination, with hundreds of thousands
of users just looking for the next communal ride. Almost three and a half

million cars fill Israel’s roads, but less than two people per average car. As

long as the public transportation in Israel doesn’t really provide a proper
answer, it seems that both drivers and passengers realize they have to take

care of themselves. (Those) who would definitely attest to the advantages

of carpooling are Naomi and Natan Roshansky who were married just two
months ago after sharing a seat on a ride to Tel Aviv. The carpool trend is

gaining momentum in the world, in Israel it’s still (lagging) behind.
Meanwhile more and more private initiatives emerge, which might even

slightly lighten the travel costs and traffic congestion. What’s certain is

that (you) can at least find new friends along the way.

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