Roy Schwartz Tichon
Born1992 (1992)
Haifa, Israel
Alma materOpen University of Israel (BA)
Known forchairman of "Ve Af Al Pi Chen" cooperative

Roy Schwartz Tichon (born 1992) is an Israeli entrepreneur, mostly known for making an alternative for public transportation on Shabbat (Saturday) in Israel. Schwartz Tichon is the chairman of "Ve Af Al Pi Chen" (Hebrew: ואף על פי כן) cooperative, which operates buses lines that changed the Status quo (Israel).[1][2][3]

Biography

Schwartz Tichon was born and grew in Haifa, studied at the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa. In 2011 he was recruited for the IDF and served in the Israeli air force. In 2015 he finished a bachelor's degree in economics at the Open University of Israel summa cum laude. His grandfather is the spokesman of the 14th Israeli parliament, Dan Tichon.[4]

Public activity

Schwartz Tichon and an activist in front of the bus that travels from Ariel to Tel Aviv
Dan Tichon, Schwartz Tichon and activists October 2015

In 2015, he launched Noa Tanua, using his army release grant and other savings.[5] While the Israeli government forbids public transportation on Shabbat and other holidays in most of Israel, despite a wide public opposition,[6] Schwartz Tichon used a legal loophole to maintain a private alternative project, operating in several major cities.[7][8][9] The initiative is running through the "Ve Af Al Pi Chen" cooperative, in which he serves as chair and CEO, since launching.[10]

In its first three years the organization focused on operating lines by itself, when in 2018 the organization pivoted to impact on the municipal governance. The organization promoted public transportation on Saturday during Israeli the municipal elections in 2018 and called for public support from politicians who promised to promote Saturday transportation.[11] In 2019 the organization started to operate public transportation on Saturday through cooperation with mayors who were chosen in 2018, in municipalities throughout Israel, including: Tiberias,[12] Ramat Gan,[13][14] Kiryat Ono,[15] Ganei Tikva, Ariel,[16] Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut[17] and Ramat Hasharon. In November 2019 "Na'im Busofash" (Hebrew for both "fine in the weekend" and "moving in the weekend") started its operation, a bus line network through Israel's central district initiated by Noa Tanua and led by the city of Tel Aviv.[18] It is the first and only wide scale change in the operation of Saturday public transportation in Israel. In 2017 he was chosen for "People of 2017" by Time Out Tel Aviv,[19] in 2018 he was chosen as one of the "36 under 36" of Calcalist.[20] That year he participated in the translation of the fanfiction "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality",[21] a book promoting rational thinking among adults and youth. Since 2018, Schwartz Tichon writes in the blog "If I were finance minister" in TheMarker website,[22][23] discussing economic issues advocating for utilitarianism and classical liberalism. Schwartz Tichon also participates in some other media outlets such as Globes, Mako, Ynet and "The Congress" podcast.[24]

Since 2020, Schwartz Tichon is the co-host of the podcast Shnekel with the journalist Idan Eretz.[25][26]

In 2020, Schwartz Tichon joined the Carmel Forum for Health Policy, a forum of medical professionals and economists. In August 2021, Roy wrote a position paper advocating government incentives to promote vaccination among youth.[27]

Schwartz Tichon wrote a position paper advocating government incentives to promote vaccination among youth which was later publicly supported by the Israeli minister of Justice, Gideon Sa'ar.[28]

He is a Likud party member.[29]

Personal life

Schwartz Tichon lives in Tel Aviv. His grandfather is the spokesman of the 14th Israeli parliament, Dan Tichon.

References

  1. ↑ "'This Is a Historic Day': Tel Avivians Hope Buses on Shabbat Are Just the Beginning". Haaretz. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Andrew Tobin. "Fed up with Shabbat laws, secular Israelis fund bus service to the beach". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Tel Aviv launches public transportation on Shabbat להאזנה אונליין | כאן, retrieved 11 January 2022
  4. ↑ "עם הקו לים: הסטודנט שהשקיע את חסכונותיו בתחבורה ציבורית בשבת". Ynet (in Hebrew). 22 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "האוטובוס החברתי שייקח אתכם לים של תל אביב בשבת". Walla! (in Hebrew). 6 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "73% of the adult Jewish public supports public transportation on Shabbat; Subcommittee for Public Transportation chairman: 'Time for change'". knesset. 10 August 2017.
  7. ↑ לי ירוןו אלמוג בן זכרי (19 June 2016). "התחבורה הציבורית בשבת נמצאת על פרשת דרכים". Haaretz (in Hebrew).
  8. ↑ אורן דורי (21 July 2017). "החל בשבת: קו אוטובוס חדש יחבר בין רמת גן לתל אביב". TheMarker (in Hebrew).
  9. ↑ Blumental, Itay (13 May 2015). "Stones thrown at organization's Shabbat bus". Ynet.
  10. ↑ "ואף על פי כן, נוע תנוע". humanist.co.il (in Hebrew). 27 August 2017.
  11. ↑ איתי שיקמן (5 October 2018). "לקראת הבחירות המקומיות: האם נראה בקרוב קווי אוטובוסים פועלים בשבת?". Ynet (in Hebrew).
  12. ↑ ג'קי חורי (9 February 2019). "לראשונה, תחבורה ציבורית פעלה בטבריה בשבת". haaretz (in Hebrew).
  13. ↑ איתי בלומנטל (3 August 2019). "לאזורי הבילוי ולבתי החולים: אוטובוס השבת של רמת גן יצא לדרך". Ynet (in Hebrew).
  14. ↑ Tal Schneider (11 July 2017). "Ramat Gan to begin Saturday bus services". Globes.
  15. ↑ דיאנה בחור ניר (2 December 2021). ""בלי אוטובוסים בשבת ניתקע בפקקים כל השבוע"". Calcalist (in Hebrew).
  16. ↑ בועז אפרת (17 August 2019). ""צורך בסיסי": אוטובוס השבת מאריאל לת"א עשה את נסיעתו הראשונה". Walla! (in Hebrew).
  17. ↑ רועי רובינשטיין (15 June 2019). "ממודיעין לים – באוטובוס שבת: "כולם מתלהבים"". Ynet (in Hebrew).
  18. ↑ שני אשכנזי (25 November 2019). "נעים בסופ"ש? למה רמת גן, הרצליה והוד השרון מסרבות להצטרף לחגיגה של תל אביב". Globes (in Hebrew).
  19. ↑ כהן, מאת נועם (28 December 2017). "הוא הביא לכם את האוטובוסים הפרטיים בשבת. והוא רק בן 26". טיים אאוט (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "ל"ו צעירים". newmedia.calcalist.co.il. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  21. ↑ אליעזר יודקובסקי (2020). "הארי פוטר והשיטה הרציונלית" (PDF). rationality (in Hebrew).
  22. ↑ Development, PodBean. "הקונגרס #111 – רועי שוורץ תיכון". hacongress.podbean.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "לו הייתי שר אוצר – TheMarker". www.themarker.com (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  24. ↑ Development, PodBean. "הקונגרס #111 – רועי שוורץ תיכון". hacongress.podbean.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  25. ↑ Development, PodBean. "שנקל – פודקאסט כלכלי בהנחיית עידן ארץ ורועי שוורץ תיכון". www.shnekel.live. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  26. ↑ "כתבות אודות עידן ארץ – גלובס". Globes. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  27. ↑ "אלו דעות המומחים שהושמעו בדיון חיסוני הילדים | עושים סדר". Channel 14 (in Hebrew). 7 November 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  28. ↑ סיון חילאי, איתמר אייכנר (21 December 2021). "השר סער מציע: אלף שקלים לכל הורה שמחסן את ילדיו". Ynet (in Hebrew).
  29. ↑ אביב לביא (27 November 2017). "לא רק בשבת דרושה הפיכה בתחבורה הציבורית". זמן ישראל (in Hebrew).
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