While incorporating Sunday into the Israeli weekend will not, in itself, cause religious tensions in Israel to dissipate, it will ease them significantly.
The public transportation project broke ground in 2011, and it was most recently promised that it would begin operating by the end of 2022.
The Tel Aviv mayor will, however, arrive for the first ride on Friday with the first passengers.
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Public transit is a basic right and no one should feel unwelcome, uncomfortable, or unsafe boarding a bus in Israel. The ban on gender segregation and harassment must be enforced.
The project is set to take a decade to complete and will cost about NIS 8 billion.
The new Tel Aviv light rail will create through arteries that didn't exist previously, raising the question of how property prices will be impacted.
Every town and city in the country, whether in the periphery or Center, ought to have reasonable public transportation.
Among the neighborhoods that will be on the route: Rehavia, Beit HaKerem, French Hill, and more.
The Red Line of the Gush Dan light rail is expected to open later this month after several years of delays.
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