Authorization to drive in a bus lane
If you drive a disabled person vehicle, an official enforcement or maintenance vehicle, or can only get home or to work by driving in a public transport lane, you can apply for a permit to use it, and not observe the 501 sign. There is no application fee.
- Owners of vehicles to assist persons with disabilities and private ambulances.
- Residents of the areas of bus lanes, and [for whom] travel in this lane is their only way home.
- Owners of businesses in the areas of bus lanes, and [for whom] travel in this lane is their only way to work.
- Owners of enforcement vehicles and maintenance vehicles for the bus lane, such as: municipal maintenance and enforcement, oversight vehicles, garbage/sweeping vehicles and maintenance of transit arrangements, etc.
- For your information: owners of disabled persons tags with wheelchairs are not required to apply for authorization to drive in a bus lane and may use the lane.
You must attach the following documents:
Residents of the areas of bus lanes.
- Photocopy of your vehicle license
- A photocopy of the appendix of your ID
- Photocopy of proof of residence (municipal tax payment and so on)
- Photocopy of the parking license in the land registry extract (Tabu)
Owners of businesses to which the only access is via the bus lane:
- Photocopy of your business license
- A photocopy of proof of ownership of the business that shows the address of the business
- Photocopy of your vehicle license
- Photocopy of the parking license in the land registry extract (Tabu)
Owners of vehicles to assist persons with disabilities and private ambulances:
- Photocopy of your vehicle license
- Certificate of proper management of the association or public benefit corporation
- A document explaining the need for the application from a senior official at the association or the public benefit corporation
- Photo of the vehicle
Owners of maintenance or enforcement and oversight vehicles:
- Municipal certificate: A document explaining the need for the application from a senior official at the municipality or regional council
- Photocopy of your vehicle license
- Photo of the vehicle
- Responses to applications will be given within 30 days of submission.
- If you are asked for additional documents, you will be notified at the email address listed in the application.
- If your application is authorized, you will be sent a PDF with certification by email.
- If your application is denied, you will be sent a notice of the denial by email.
- The permit is granted for the vehicle number marked in the application.
- Applications will not be granted for reasons of shortening travel time when there are other options other than the bus lane.
- The permit is granted for a short term (up to a year), until the end of the civil year in which the application was filed.
- You must bear the permit when driving in the vehicle.
- The permit is only granted for bus lanes that cross the place of residence or business marked in the application.
- Permits for the owners of maintenance vehicles, enforcement vehicles, or vehicles to assist persons with disabilities and private ambulances are only granted via the options listed in the application.
Please note, if there is any difference or conflict between the information on this page and the law, the provisions of the law will apply.
Ministry of Transport and Road Safety
Ministry of Transport Call Center
Dial from a landline: 1-222-5678
Call from abroad: *972-3-9695678Licensing Bureau Information, Payment and Appointment Call Center
The Call Center operates Sunday-Thursday from 07:00-20:00.
On Friday and holiday eves, between the hours of 07:00-13:00.A response is available in Hebrew and Arabic.
The computerized Payments Call Center operates 24/7.
For support and assistance in the personal area and on digital forms, contact the central government response at telephone 1299, Sunday-Thursday between the hours of 08:00-19:00
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