Yep, there are lots of issues still, but I think
that Tel Aviv is actually a decent place to bike
(try not to get killed on the roads..) and
constantly improving.
Yes, if everyone you know also lives in the city (Tel Aviv only houses ~400k out of the >3m residents of Greater Tel Aviv, and anecdotaly most of the people I know there moved out to the suburbs by the time they turned ~30).
So I think it depends a lot on the kind of company you keep - in Vienna I only meet other people that are around my age/situation (20s-30s, mostly non-married with no kids) where as in Tel Aviv I'd have a lot of family living in nearby suburbia (almost all of my relatives live in greater Tel Aviv and they are all married with kids, which means they all drive).
I assume that would be exactly the opposite for you, assuming you are native to the German city you'd live in.
If I was living as an expat with no kids in Tel Aviv probably most of everyone I'd keep in touch with would also live in the city[1] & biking would be a lot more practical.
[1] And I didn't really mention that Israelis generally marry younger than (non-mediterranean) Europeans & much more likely to have kids & live in suburbia at/around my age (29).
So I think it depends a lot on the kind of company you keep - in Vienna I only meet other people that are around my age/situation (20s-30s, mostly non-married with no kids) where as in Tel Aviv I'd have a lot of family living in nearby suburbia (almost all of my relatives live in greater Tel Aviv and they are all married with kids, which means they all drive).
I assume that would be exactly the opposite for you, assuming you are native to the German city you'd live in.
If I was living as an expat with no kids in Tel Aviv probably most of everyone I'd keep in touch with would also live in the city[1] & biking would be a lot more practical.
[1] And I didn't really mention that Israelis generally marry younger than (non-mediterranean) Europeans & much more likely to have kids & live in suburbia at/around my age (29).