Dan Bus Company
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 Dan Bus #7349 operates on Route 21. |
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| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv |
| Service area | Gush Dan |
| Service type | bus service |
| Web site | English |
Dan Bus Company (Hebrew: דן חברה לתחבורה ציבורית) is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area (Gush Dan) as well as some intercity bus services between the Gush Dan area and nearby regions such as Samaria, and a connection between Bne Brak and Jerusalem. Dan operates 1,200 buses and has 2,400 employees. It transports over 600,000 passengers daily.[citation needed] In 2009, 23.5% of all Israeli bus travelers used Dan's lines.[1]
The company was founded as a cooperative on December 1, 1945, from the merger of 2 companies, Galei HaMaavir and Ihud Regev. It demutualised, becoming a limited company in May 2002.
Dan in September 2009 agreed to purchase Veolia's share in the Jerusalem Light Rail for $15–20 million.[2] The sale was however unsuccessful, and Veolia agreed in October 2010 to sell its stake to Egged instead. As a result, Dan sued Veolia.[3] As of December 2011, the sale to Egged was reported to have been held up by the Israeli state; the press reported that Veolia was exiting Israel altogether as a result of political pressures from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement[4]
Dan used to provide some Mehadrin bus lines until they were judged to be unlawful by the Israeli High Court of Justice in a ruling of January 2011.[5] Mehadrin buses practise gender segregation and other rigid religious rules which are observed by some ultra-Orthodox Jews. In these sex-segregated buses, female passengers sit in the back of the bus and enter and exit the bus through the back door if possible, while the male passengers sit in the front part of the bus and enter and exit through the front door.[6] Additionally, so called “modest dress” may be required for women, playing a radio or secular music on the bus is avoided, advertisements are censored.[7] However, the court rule allowed the continuation of the gender segregation in public buses on a strictly voluntary basis for a one-year experimental period. Before the ruling, female passengers were frequently harassed and forced to sit at the back of the bus.[8]
Dan provides bus service six days a week. From Friday afternoon until after Sunset Saturday night, service is suspended in observance of the Jewish Sabbath. Dan buses run until approximately 23:30 p.m. and resume service in the early morning hours.
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- ^ Hazelcorn, Shahar (May 28, 2010). "Special: Which Bus Company Provides Acceptable Service". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3895184,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-29. (Hebrew)
- ^ Avi Bar-Eli (2009-09-13). "Dan to buy 5% stake in Jerusalem light rail from Veolia". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/dan-to-buy-5-stake-in-jerusalem-light-rail-from-veolia-1.7993. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ Avi Bar-Eli (2010-11-25). "Dan suing as Veolia rides with Egged". The Marker. http://english.themarker.com/dan-suing-as-veolia-rides-with-egged-1.326654. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ Avi Bar-Eli (2011-12-09). "Veolia pulling out of transit, contracting sectors in Israel". The Marker. http://english.themarker.com/veolia-pulling-out-of-transit-contracting-sectors-in-israel-1.400458. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ Izenberg, Dan; Mandel, Jonah (January 6, 2011). "Court scraps ‘mehadrin’ buses". Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?ID=202456&R=R1. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ Shapira-Rosenberg, Ricky (November 2010). "Excluded, For God’s Sake: Gender Segregation in Public Space in Israel". Israel Religious Action Center,. http://www.irac.org/userfiles//Excluded,%20For%20God's%20Sake%20-%20Report%20on%20Gender%20Segregation%20in%20the%20Public%20Sphere%20in%20Israel.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ Kahn, Betzalel (October 31, 2001). "Bus 402 from Bnei Brak to Jerusalem Launched". Dei'ah ve Dibur. http://www.chareidi.org/archives5762/V62abus.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
- ^ "Egged launches 11 'mehadrin' bus lines". Jerusalem Post. December 1, 2006. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1164881792994. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
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