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Roy Schwartz Tichon (; born 1992) is an Israeli entrepreneur, mostly known for making an alternative for public transportation on
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(Saturday) in Israel. Schwartz Tichon is the chairman of "Ve Af Al Pi Chen" () cooperative, which operates buses lines that changed the
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Biography

Schwartz Tichon was born and grew in
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, studied at the
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. In 2015 he finished a bachelor's degree in economics at the
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. His grandfather is the spokesman of the 14th Israeli parliament,
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Public activity

In 2015, he launched Noa Tanua, using his army release grant and other savings. While the Israeli government forbids public transportation on Shabbat and other holidays in most of Israel, despite a wide public opposition, Schwartz Tichon used a legal loophole to maintain a private alternative project, operating in several major cities. The initiative is running through the "Ve Af Al Pi Chen" cooperative, in which he serves as chair and CEO, since launching. 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. 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:
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, Ariel,
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and
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. 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
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. 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
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, in 2018 he was chosen as one of the "36 under 36" of
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. That year he participated in the translation of the fanfiction " Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality", 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, discussing economic issues advocating for utilitarianism and classical liberalism. Schwartz Tichon also participates in some other media outlets such as '' Globes'',
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and "The Congress" podcast. Since 2020, Schwartz Tichon is the co-host of the
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Shnekel with the journalist Idan Eretz. 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. Schwartz Tichon wrote a
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advocating government incentives to promote
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among youth which was later publicly supported by the Israeli minister of Justice,
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. He is a
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party member.


Personal life

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


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz Tichon, Roy Israeli businesspeople 1992 births Living people Israeli activists Israeli economists Businesspeople from Haifa Liberalism in Israel Open University of Israel alumni Hebrew Reali School alumni Israeli male bloggers