Board of Directors
Prof. David Mahalal - Chairman
Prof. David Mahalel is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Technion institute of technology, Haifa. Prof. Mahalel holds academic degrees in Statistics and Economics, Operation Research, and Transport. His fields of research are Traffic Management and Control, Road Safety, Transport Economy and Transport Development Policy. Over the years Prof. Mahalel has been active in promoting sustainable transport systems, including public transportation development, mixed land use planning, and optimization of the usage of existing infrastructure.
Hani Cohen-Caspi
Hani is a Transport Planner, working in Traffic Engineering for Egged (operator of public transport) in Jerusalem. Hani Holds an M.A in Public Policy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a B.A. in Geography. Specializes in implementation of transport projects, leading changes in the public transport, public participation processes and planning of public transport services to match the varying needs of different populations. Hani Has been working for several years in a transport planning companies, consulting the Israeli Ministry of Transport. Has written articles in the field of sustainable transport, among them articles regarding measures for evaluation of the PT services by its users, PT for the needs of young people, PT planning from the perspective of the passengers, and obstacles in implementing transport projects. Over the past ten years Hani has been active in promoting public transportation and is a devoted commuter herself.
Mossi Raz
Mr. Raz is a public activist in the fields of coexistence and the environment, and a former parliament member representing Meretz party. Graduated from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in Economics and Accounting. Mossi has been serving as the secretary of Meretz party, general secretary of Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) movement, director of Ir Shalem movement, vice president of Givat Haviva seminar, and manager of the Peace Coalition. Mosi is the founder of "All for Peace" radio station, and serves as its general manager, as well as the chairman of Life and Environment – the Israeli union of environmental NGO's.
Eng. Pinchas Ben Shaul
Eng. Pinchas Ben Shaul is among the most senior transport engineers in Israel. He holds a Master`s degree in transportation from North-Western University and a Masters in civilian engineering from the Technion in Haifa. He held senior positions at the ministry of transport, including the National Transport Inspector and Chief Traffic Engineer. In addition, he was a member of the board of directors of UITP (International Union of Public Transport) and presided the planning and development administration of the Israeli Railway company between the years 1990 and 2000.
Dr. Karel Martens
Karel Martens served as chairman of the board of directors from 2006 to 2007, after serving as the organization’s director for three and a half years. Karel holds a Master degree in Urban Planning and a PhD degree in public policy. He is an expert on the interaction between land use and transport, public transport and bicycle integration, parking, as well as equity and transport. He has worked for several years for an international consulting agency, as a researcher at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and Tel Aviv University, and as an independent consultant to the Israeli Ministry of Transport. He now lives in the Netherlands, where works as a researcher and lecturer at the Radboud University Nijmegen. For more information about Karel’s current activities, click here.
Prof. Yoram Shiftan
Dr. Shiftan is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Technion and the chair of the Israel Association for Transportation Research. Dr. Shiftan specializes in travel behavior with a focus on activity-based modeling and response to policies. Dr. Shiftan is a member of the board of the International Association of Travel Behavior Research, the TRB Committee on Travel Behavior and Values, and of the European Transport Conference Committee on Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport. Dr. Shiftan received his Ph.D. from MIT.
