HOLIDAY: Bicyclists ride on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv—one of the busiest roads in Israel—on Yom Kippur. Almost all public vehicular traffic stops until the holiday ends at sunset. (Genevieve Long/The Epoch Times)
Vehicular traffic in the metropolis city of Tel Aviv was almost non-existent aside from occasional police cars, ambulances, and rare passenger cars or motorcycles. Every shop in Tel Aviv's typically bustling city center was closed for the day, and all government offices were closed.
Street traffic was replaced by scores of families, couples, and children strolling and riding bikes down the middle of the streets, while the sidewalks were nearly empty. Dogs were also allowed to roam free as their owners walked.
Traffic typically resumes at sunset on the holiday.
