Perhaps ask the company to reimburse you for the transit costs rather than providing the car? I’m sure they would love to save the money, and let you continue to save the money the car was saving you.
Even with a privately owned car, driving somewhere is often still cheaper than public transport here. Including when factoring in maintenance. The only thing that might offset it when driving alone is parking costs.
Every time my wife and me want to visit a city I look at train tickets as it would be convenient to just get off the station in the city centre, only for me to realise that I’m way better off just driving there, and then use buses/metro to get around the city itself.
It’s probably not cheaper if you consider the externalized costs. Sure, you don’t personally pay up front for all the pollution, traffic, and poor use of space, but everyone does.
After I’ve moved I could technically do everything using public transport and bikes
The issue is that public transport is literally more expensive than a private car for me in the Netherlands (as I get a company car)
Perhaps ask the company to reimburse you for the transit costs rather than providing the car? I’m sure they would love to save the money, and let you continue to save the money the car was saving you.
Even with a privately owned car, driving somewhere is often still cheaper than public transport here. Including when factoring in maintenance. The only thing that might offset it when driving alone is parking costs.
Every time my wife and me want to visit a city I look at train tickets as it would be convenient to just get off the station in the city centre, only for me to realise that I’m way better off just driving there, and then use buses/metro to get around the city itself.
It’s probably not cheaper if you consider the externalized costs. Sure, you don’t personally pay up front for all the pollution, traffic, and poor use of space, but everyone does.
I have an OV pass to use public transport for work but I get to use my car privately for free (outside of extra taxes) and not the OV pass
That just sounds like a policy revision away from being fixed. Have you asked?
Yeah, “you get to keep the car, I get unlimited travel pass, deal?” People often seem to think policies are iron clad, but they’re just decisions.
Might be hard because the car is a significant upfront investment. The sunk cost is another big reason people defend their cars.
I’ve got a flex lease which I can end at any time so sunk cost should not be an issue here 😄
I was planning on checking after I moved but nit high hopes, org is pretty rigid