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Considering many Dutch jobs include a supplement to cover transportation costs, public transport is not a particularly big expense for locals. And for tourists
by blunte 7y ago
Considering many Dutch jobs include a supplement to cover transportation costs, public transport is not a particularly big expense for locals. And for tourists, it's ok to be a bit expensive (especially in Amsterdam where tourism is so big that it's making the city almost unlivable).
And if you compare public transport costs to housing, it's nothing.
- yread 7y agoI don't know about that. Median netto salary is 2150 eur[1], people often pay 30% of their netto in rent = 1505 eur, health insurance is about 100 eur so you're left with 1405 eur "discretionary spending". Average commute is 22.6km [2]. You need to go there and back again - 45 * 0.162 + 0.96 = 8.25 eur/day * 22 = 181.5. That's almost 13% of your money. Or anecdote: my wife travels from Amsterdam to Utrecht. Seasonal train ticket is about 180 eur but there is another 200 eur she spends on bus and train of getting to and from train station. Compared to taking the car which costs like 150 eur in gas. It shouldn't be cheaper to take the car alone compared to public transport! [1] https://www.amsterdamtips.com/salaries-in-amsterdam-netherlands https://www.amsterdamtips.com/salaries-in-amsterdam-netherla... [2] https://www.iamexpat.nl/career/employment-news/more-half-employees-netherlands-commute-work https://www.iamexpat.nl/career/employment-news/more-half-emp...
- evandijk70 7y agoA lot of companies reimburse the costs for your commute. Even when they don't, you can deduct transportation to work from your taxes, which helps quite a bit. I do agree that it shouldn't be cheaper to take the car to work, but you did not take into account two major factors for the cost of commute by car: 1. Depreciation, insurance, maintenance and taxes paid for the car 2. The cost of parking in Amsterdam