​This poster is an invitation to an event marking Public Transport Day which took place on Thursday, September 17, 1959 at 8:30 p.m. in an amphitheatre in Tel Aviv as part of the city’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations. The minister of transport, Moshe Carmel, was in attendance, and the Nachal Band performed. The poster depicts a hot air balloon to which different modes of transport are tied: airplane, bicycle, ship, train, bus, and car. All of these are floating above an outline of the buildings of Tel Aviv.

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Public Transport Day - Public Transport Day is marked annually around the world in order to encourage the use of public transport. The organisation “Transport: Today and Tomorrow” is responsible for the event in Israel and works together with civilian and public transport organizations as well as public officials.