> Why would anyone in a rich country with a high functioning rail system like The Netherlands want to drive? Because some people don’t live in Amsterdam or The

> Why would anyone in a rich country with a high functioning rail system like The Netherlands want to drive? Because some people don’t live in Amsterdam or The Hague. Taking public transportation will take me over twice the time, and that’s when there’s no outage or delay. “But traffic jams!” I hear you say. Well, the % time in traffic jams is drastically less for me than the % time lost due to missing a transfer, a delayed train or a canceled train. Traffic jams are annoying but not very common or large, and will only rarely cause me to miss an appointment. Also, you just use cruise control and wait. Experiencing a delay, cancelation or missing a transfer is almost guaranteed for any trip I make, and this usually means waiting another 30 mins for the next train or bus, and trying to figure out what I need to do to get to my destination (finding alternative trains) All while being more expensive and less comfortable than just driving somewhere. If it were (drastically) cheaper, I could convince myself to take the time loss. But it is not, it is literally more expensive to take the train or bus than to drive if you already own a car.