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How to know if it is safe to park
White Stripes: No Parking
Yellow Stripes: Public Transportation Zone. No stopping
or parking. However, you can park in this area during
Shabbat (1 hour after sundown Friday to an hour before
sundown Saturday)
Red & Grey Stripes: Residential Parking. Signs will
indicate specific times that residential parking is
enforced.
Blue & White Stripes: Parking is allowed, but payment
may be required.
• Parking Meters: Can be hard to find, but are by far the
easiest to use. Put the money in and press the green
button. Put the ticket on your dashboard. Typically
costs about 5NIS per hour.
• Easy Park: Electronic parking card which can be
purchased at a post office. It is valid throughout the
country (each city has its own code). You can load up to
300NIS and payment is debited depending on the time
you are parked. You can recharge your card at some
post offices and some convenient stores.
• Parking Scratch Card: Cards can be purchased at the
post office and news stands for 6NIS per hour. You
attach the card to your car window after scratching off
the date and time of when you park.
• Cellopark: This is a service by telephone (dial *6452).
There is a monthly fee (7NIS) for the months you use the
service. You must register a credit card and license plate
number prior to using the service. You just dial the
number when you park and then again when you return
to your vehicle.
FREE CD PARKING AT BEN GURION AIRPORT
Did you know the airport has free short-term parking for
diplomatic CD numbered plates?
1. Proceed through security check gate and follow signs
for TERMINAL 3. DO NOT take either of the exits that
indicate “Short-term or Long-term Parking” – continue
straight following signs to TERMINAL 3 as if you are
dropping someone off. Stay in the right lane.
2. When you see the signs for ARRIVALS and
DEPARTURES, take the exit on the far right, toward
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. After you take the exit, you
will see a small white sign for “CD Parking.” Stay to the
far left. The right lane is for taxis and buses.
3. Keep driving down the left-hand side until you see CD
parking signs. Parking is back-in only. There are some
police parking spots there as well, so make sure you do
not park in one of those.
You can park here for up to 24 hours.
CAR RENTALS
Living downtown and just need a car for an hour or two
to run errands? Similar to Zip Car, Car2Go offers hourly
car rentals at locations throughout the city. Learn all
about membership costs, car availability, car pick up
locations, etc. on their website:
https://www.car2go.co.il/en/
If you need to rent a car longer term, the resources
available are similar to those in the States and in Europe.
Rental prices vary between companies and plans. Rates
are comparable to those charged in the US. Please also be
sure to contact Gai Stier in the Travel office for
additional information on discounts available to
Diplomats.
Avis Tel Aviv 03-559-6743
Ben Gurion 03-977-3200
Budget Tel Aviv 03-638-9999
Eldan Tel Aviv 03-527-1166
Ben Gurion 03-977-3400
Hertz Tel Aviv 03-527-9821
Route 6 Bills
Here in Israel you do not need to stop and queue to
deposit the necessary coins or tokens at a toll both.
Highway 6 uses state-of-the-art technology to record
your car’s license plate number, then computes the
correct toll for the number of sections you have traveled.
You are then sent a bill in the mail.
Since Highway 6 billing works on a monthly basis, it will
take some time until you receive your bill. Make sure to
keep records of your trips to ensure that the bills are
accurate and that you are not missing your payment
deadline. Highway 6 will charge high interest fees for
late payment.
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There are several ways to pay your bill:
1. Online with a credit card
2. At commercial bank branches (for example Leumi)
3. Over the phone with a credit card – Call 03-908-1111
4. At Alonit or Dor Alon gas stations
5. At Mega, City Mega and Mega Bull supermarkets.
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