> We have succeeded in preventing Moshe
Dayan St. being turned into a highway that would carry massive
amounts of traffic adjacent to private homes, as well as reducing
the number of lanes planned for Yigal Alon St. adjacent to
the Nahlat Yitzhak neighborhood.
> A precedent was set when it was decided that
all streets planned in the city in the future would first
be brought to area residents for review.
> We founded the Green Forum made up of 35 neighborhood
committees and environmental organizations in the city, and
established the Forum as the city’s largest and leading NGO.
> We were the first organization in the country
to publicize the first two “Council Watch” Reports of their
kind that rated Tel Aviv City Council members on various environmental
issues, as well as a report surveying positions of City Council
candidates in the pre-election campaign leading up to the
Municipal elections in October 2003. The report listed candidates’
positions on a variety of environmental issues and also noted
the promises they made regarding commitments to issues of
concern once elected.
> We held a “Candidates’ Forum on Environmental
Issues” before the October 2003 elections, with 10 party candidates
attending.
> We helped residents of the Hatikvah, Ajami,
city center and old North Tel Aviv neighborhoods keep and
renew public gardens and open spaces in their areas.
> The plan we put forward for the “Coastal Park”
to be developed in northwest Tel Aviv was almost totally accepted
by the local planning authorities.
> We initiated and promoted the city by-law requiring
city gas stations to sell low-lead gasoline.
