Residents of Haifa who are over 70 will receive parking tickets that will allow them to park for free in the regulated spaces (in blue and white) on all Haifa streets
The tickets will allow free parking for 3 hours and will be valid for two years.
The distribution of tickets will begin after the Tishrei holidays through designated forms that will be uploaded to the website of the Municipality of Haifa.
Eli Landau, chairman of the Haifa Pensioners' faction, He thanked the mayor for the holiday gift to Haifa's veteran residents and for the fulfillment of the agreement with the Haifa pensioners' lobby and the city council, which has been working to achieve this goal for many years:
The old residents of the city deserve a tribute from the municipality of Haifa as a mark of respect and recognition for their long-standing activities for the sake of the city and the well-being of its residents. The status of the old residents is at the forefront of the mayor's mind and for that we thank her and wish her continued fruitful activity.
Mayor Einat Kalish Rotem:
After a year of studying the implications of changes in the municipal parking arrangements (supply vs. demand, the number of parking spaces in the city, etc.), and after many years in which Haifa's pensioners did not receive the respect they deserved, I am happy to announce that starting next year we will improve - they will be given priority. As someone who believes in and works to promote public transportation for all of the city's residents, it is clear to me that the old residents of Haifa deserve an available solution to make their lives easier, and that is until the public transportation system knows how to provide them with perfect service. I thank council member Eli Landau for the hard work he put into the issue, and for his patience, and I wish a happy new year and good health to all Haifaites, especially the retirees.
Parking - free for students and new residents in Haifa - has been cancelled
The Haifa Municipality informed Haifa, Because at the same time as the decision to provide free parking to pensioners, it was decided to cancel the free parking tickets for students and new residents.
I am 70 years old and drive a car regularly, but the car is not registered in my name, I received a gift from my son-in-law, so why can't I get a free ticket
In Tel Aviv, residents camp for free. From experience
Kudos to Eli Landau, who thought of Haifa's senior citizens who make up a significant percentage of Haifa's residents, I travel a lot in my car and during the corona virus I had to use public transportation which is a risk for those at high risk
Let them give free parking to all city residents and that's it. The young will take or buy cars for grandfather, the older ones for father, everyone else will travel in the handicapped cars.... There is no need for public transport anymore and everyone will be happy. Dream is here.
You should learn from the city of Tel Aviv! Free parking for all city residents who pay property tax!!! Just like in Tel Aviv!
Tel Aviv Municipality's income is higher from parking tickets than from property taxes. In Haifa, sometimes they still cancel reports to the residents, but in Tel Aviv they take out the soul even for the disabled. So where did this wrong information come to you?
Well done for the initiative. Kiryat also has such a procedure.
Instead of encouraging older people who are no longer quite capable of driving, to get around by public transport, subsidizing taxis, 50% in the bag tek, free buses. They are given free parking.
Why not give all residents of Haifa free parking?
most accidents are caused by young people,
Yes, we deserve more than young people who have no problem walking!!!!
And excluding my old face!!!!
Kudos to Mr. Landau who takes care of us for building the city for the young people who will get to reach old age like us.
You have a budget pension, two apartments for rent, a penthouse in Carmel, a monstrous Jeep that you can barely see out of and you want to tell me that you have no money to pay for parking because you are 70 or 75 years old. Shame on you.
It is interesting that only in Israel those who have not yet done anything deserve rights. Those who have paid property taxes all their lives and paid taxes will continue to pay, but a poor student who already has a car will be exempt.
Makes a lot of sense?
Try public transportation. Some drivers are impatient with adults because they have difficulty getting on the bus. And they may fall on the bus. Such drivers recommend the old women to take a taxi!!!
The program for free parking for pensioners over the age of 65 was already ready in the previous term. There have been proposals for an order in this spirit in the past and they did not pass. We are talking not only about 3 hours for those aged 70 and over, but for the whole day. But both Yahav and Klish opposed it.
Eli Landau threatened to withdraw from the coalition and then the compromise was found of course at the expense of the students who came to live and study in Haifa. So it finally happened and it's good that it did, although rather late and not in the grand format.