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I rode my first segregated bus on Friday.

Having resigned from doing anything that might be termed "following the news" (and certainly The News From Israel), I didn't know that Egged ran such lines, and I certainy did not know that the separate buses carried no indication that they are separate (other than a six year old fellow passenger who pointed out to me my mistake) . (That's probably the most annoying thing about the situation, actually...)
Naomi Ragen is, predictably, strident to the point of annoying on the subject. (http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23380/format/html/displaystory.html)

Rather than whine about it myself I will only point out that:
1- The Honor System must be pretty strong for Egged to run an entire line where women punch their own card as they enter a driver-less door.
2- The Honor System is apparently not strong enough to prevent the necessity of having signs reminding passengers that the puncher is property of Egged and Egged alone, thus taking or tampering with it is stealng (followed by an quote aboiut harchaah min hagezel from the sefer hachinuch).
3- Alternatively, perhaps, some passengers being dishonorable is still more profitable (for Egged) than entire communities not riding Egged at all.