Miri Regev's unfulfilled promises: Eight transportation reforms that never happened
Deaths on Israel’s roads are at a 20-year high, Europe’s road safety council has suspended Israel, and the national plan Transport Minister Regev hailed as ‘dramatic’ is still unfunded.
Miri Regev's term as Transportation and Road Safety Minister has been marked by failed promises and no significant improvements in road safety. Despite her media statements, key transportation reforms such as the introduction of ride-sharing, higher fines for cellphone use, scrapping the internal driving test, and approval for Tesla's full self-driving feature, have not come to fruition.
The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) suspended Israel's National Road Safety Authority (RSA) from its Road Safety Performance Index program due to incompatibility with their commitment to saving lives. The lack of action on road safety has contributed to a two-decade high in road deaths in 2024 and 2025, with only a slight decline in 2026.
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