Editing Transport in Israel (section)

==Private transportation==
===Roads===
{{Main|Roads in Israel}}
[[File:The route from Jerusalem to Ashdod 01.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Highway 1 (Israel)|Highway 1]]: from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv]]
Israel's road network spans {{convert|18096|km|mi|sp=us}} of roads,<ref name="themarkermag50" /> of which {{convert|449|km|mi|abbr=on|sp=us}} are classified as freeways.<ref name="cia-factbook" /> The network spans the whole country.

[[Highway 6 (Israel)|Route 6]], the Trans Israel Highway, starts just east of Haifa down to the outskirts of Beer Sheva, about {{convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on|sp=us}}. Route 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and Route 2 between Tel Aviv and Haifa are well maintained highways. [[Highway 90 (Israel–Palestine)|Route 90]] is the longest road in Israel streaching from [[Metula]] to [[Eilat]] via the [[Jordan Valley]] and [[Arava Valley|Arava]].

===Cycling===
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 21531 Bicycles in Tel Aviv.JPG|thumb|[[Tel-O-Fun]] in Tel Aviv]]
Tel Aviv has a growing network of bike paths, with more than over 360 kilometers (224 miles) existing or planned.<ref name = "bikepaths">{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |publisher=Open Publishing |date=April 30, 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> In April 2011, Tel Aviv municipality launched [[Tel-O-Fun]], a [[bicycle sharing system]], in which 150 stations of bicycles for rent were installed within the city limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tel-o-fun.co.il/ |publisher=Tel Aviv Municipality |title=Tel-O-Fun |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref> Jerusalem has over 125 kilometers (78 miles) of cycleways, either existing or planned.<ref name = "bikepaths"/> Additionally, Jerusalem also has a bicycle sharing program called Jerufun.

====National Bike Trail====
{{main|Israel National Bike Trail}}
The National Bike Trail, when completed will take riders from the southern city of Eilat to the border with [[Lebanon]], passing though Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and several other cities.<ref name = "bikepaths"/>

====Ofnidan (Greater Tel Aviv Cycle Network)====
{{main|Ofnidan}}
[[File:גשר יהודית 131724.jpg|thumb|The Field Route of the [[Ofnidan|Ofnidan inter-urban cycle network]] passes over Yehudit Bridge in [[Tel Aviv|Tel Aviv-Jaffa]].]]
As of 2021, construction was underway on Ofnidan, a cycle network of seven inter-urban routes connecting the cities of the [[Gush Dan|Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area]], with some segments already open.