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Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, prices are expected to hit €2.40 per liter next year…
And? You have good public transport and good bike infrastructure. Make it 5€
Public transport is also increasing in price quite significantly. So expensive, in fact, that it would be cheaper for my girlfriend to go to uni by car (about an hour’s drive) once her free student travel runs out, than it would be to take a discount (!!!) subscription for the route from home to uni by train. Public transport here is good, but it’s suffering from enshittification due to underfunding and sky high prices. It’s a shame. And unfortunately, a 45km one-way bike trip isn’t feasible most days. Not time-wise anyway.
I think it's more Problematic to live almost 50km away from your workspace. I don't expect any form of transportation to cheaply transport me 100km every day tbh.
But also to be fair. The train should always be cheaper than a car. Also at above 2€ per L with a reasonable consumption of 6-8L you are around 16€+ just for fuel. Aren't trains with discount Tarifs around 8-12€ per trip?
Fair enough. But yeah, it's crazy that taking the train is more expensive than going alone by car. It'd make sense if it was compared to carpooling, but nope...
Not even talking about personal freedom, but as soon as you're not living alone anymore, you may just not have that choice.