The Beit Shemesh Express bus company and the Transport Master Plan

The Director General of the Beit Shemesh Municipality held a meeting with representatives of the Beit Shemesh Express bus company and the Transport Master Plan in which he heard about the activities in the field and examined together with the professional factors how to ensure the improvement of the tender in the city.

Beit Shemesh Municipality Director General Itamar Bartov and the professional representatives in the Municipality met with representatives of the Ministry of Transportation, the Transport Master Plan and Nativ Express who are leading the process of assimilating the new operator in the city’s day-to-day operations. Upcoming studies. A number of immediate steps were decided in order to address the issues raised with the upcoming school year as one of the main topics assessed.

It was decided among the parties to operate a call center in the Municipality for inquiries regarding public transportation. The center will be active 22 hours a day and the centers themselves will be manned by residents of Beit Shemesh who know the city and its routes. It was also decided to reinforce the lines to Yarmot Park and an update was made to the digital signage on the lines themselves, along with the refinement of procedures and routes for all drivers. Finally, a company guide willf be riding the buses to direct the drivers on the routes until they know them well.

At the same time, the officials discussed thoroughly the decision made to cancel lines 12א and 19 that affect parents of young children. As written in the letter sent to the MinistryofTransportation on July 20th, it is not conceivable that the children of the city will be harmed by this move. Reinforcements of lines are currently being carried out. The municipality will continue to keep in touch with all senior officials so that access to the schools is not harmed.

Director General of the Beit Shemesh Municipality Itamar Bartov: “We are doing our very best to find solutions and ensure the safety of passengers during the summer vacation. We are attentive to complaints and are working hard to correct the deficiencies raised with the goal to bring to Beit Shemesh a high-quality and efficient public transportation system at mind. I ask that you continue to send inquiries and claims to the Ministry of Transportation and Beit Shemesh Express and we, for our part, will continue to verify they address them. We began this process after much planning and we will all continue to work to reach the goals set.”