http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/tel-aviv-subway-where-art-thou/ How is it that Tel Aviv, which is celebrating its centennial, doesn’t have a subway? asks Aluf Benn in Ha’aretz: en-us uheilman@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-21T;20:14:00-05:00 rob.brownstein@litepoint.com In the US, if one compares New York City with Los Angeles, one huge difference is air pollution; another is rush-hour commute times. The two are very definitely related. One can get from western Suffolk County to New York City in under an hour on the Long Island Railroad. And, once in the city, can get to virtually anywhere via subway or bus. In Los Angeles, during rush hour, the huge freeway system slows to a predictable crawl because alternative transit is notoriously sparce. Automobiles average far less than 15 miles per hour and spew carbon monoxide and other pollutants as the move at glacial speeds. Today, Tel-Aviv is far more like Los Angeles than New York City, and that is not a compliment! In the US, if one compares New York City with Los Angeles, one huge difference is air pollution; another is rush-hour commute times. The two are very definitely related. One can get from western Suffolk County to New York City in under an hour on the Long Island Railroad. And, once in the city, can get to virtually anywhere via subway or bus. In Los Angeles, during rush hour, the huge freeway system slows to a predictable crawl because alternative transit is notoriously sparce. Automobiles average far less than 15 miles per hour and spew carbon monoxide and other pollutants as the move at glacial speeds. Today, Tel-Aviv is far more like Los Angeles than New York City, and that is not a compliment!

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