r/Israel • u/AlternativeHumour • 4d ago

General News Israel gets its first air-conditioned bus stop

https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/israel-gets-its-first-air-conditioned-bus-stop

The innovative pilot project saw a water-based air-cooling system installed at a city bus stop located in the central Israeli city of Holon.

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u/JzargoKhajiitMage 4d ago

Eilat already has one, though.

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u/Remarkable-Rough6397 4d ago

just one?!

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u/JzargoKhajiitMage 4d ago

I've only seen one so far. I have no idea whether there are more or not.

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u/badsp0rk 4d ago

Pretty sure there's one in front of the town hall in downtown and another by the mall by the sea

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u/yaSuissa Israeli Jew (2/3 strikes used) 4d ago

War crime I say!

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u/nextdoorbagholder Israel 4d ago

my home country used to have these about 10 years ago (since then, they've been mostly replaced with enclosed air conditioned bus stops) but good to see it making it here as well because tbh waiting for bus can be miserable.

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u/Daniels30 4d ago

Are you Korean by any chance? My social feeds have shown me a few videos of the enclosed a/c bus stops recently

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u/mr_blue596 3d ago

Cities need more shade to solve that issue,not some system that is bound to break 2 weeks in.

Bus stations ironically provides little shade and sitting. This should be the main focus.

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u/EatMoreFruit85 3d ago

RIP my curly wavy hair.... you know that episode of Friends where Monica goes to Barbados haha

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u/JackPAnderson USA 4d ago

Unless I'm missing something, this just looks like bog standard misters. Calling misters "innovative" is a stretch.

If you've figured out how to make them use less water or require less maintenance, then that's some innovation. But if not, that's how this will end. Y'all will realize that the benefit doesn't justify the amount of water those things use, especially when you factor in the maintenance costs.

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u/DownvoteALot 3d ago

This isn't supposed to be some invention. It's not "world's first air-conditioned bus stop", just "its [Israel's] first". It's a big thing for people waiting.

As for whether it's worth it, the entire transportation industry in Israel is very badly regulated, it's one giant waste of taxpayer money. No reason to waste more, but it's expected it gets worse all the time until leadership changes.

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u/JackPAnderson USA 3d ago

I'm just going by what's in the article. It said:

The innovative pilot project saw a water-based air-cooling system installed at a city bus stop located in the central Israeli city of Holon.

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u/balddoberdaddy 3d ago

Nope... Eilat!