Free Parking

[Bodear]

If you had a free parking space would you drive into the city centre for work or would the traffic make you stick with commuting on public transport?
Thanks!

It would depend how far out of the city I was and how long the drive would take versus bus/dart/luas/train.

Depends on time and cost of fuel vs train / dart / bus / whatever.

Sorry, I should have given more info. I’m moving to Dublin and trying to figure out where to live, how to commute etc. I wondered if it’s worth asking my new employer for a parking space or whether traffic is so bad that I’d end up on the train anyway.

There's free parking at my office (17 miles away) right in the middle of the city I work in, but I take public transport 90% of the time. It's faster, cheaper and has decent Wi-fi.

Thanks Too. Do you mind me asking which city?

You'd be mad to drive into Dublin City centre even with a parking space. Much better to find somewhere to live along the DART or Luas line. If you have an idea of where you'll be working I can suggest some places to live? Although be warned, it is extremely expensive to rent in Dublin and there is a lot of competition for nice places. Have you been to Dublin before?

Hi @chartreuse thanks for replying. My boyfriend is renting at the moment and I’m moving over to join him so I’ve seen the rental market (it’s nuts!!). We’ll be buying soon so keen to get the right area. I’ll be working near Connolly station. Any advice would be great. It seems like the dart only goes north/ south and doesn’t give many options to the west?

From Connolly you could get the Luas west towards Tallaght, Stoneybatter is a nice area near the Phoenix Park on this line. A short walk from Connolly to the green line which goes north near Phibsborough, very hipster, and south through Ranelagh, out towards Dundrum. We are on the South side dart line, by the sea, lovely out here and 20 mins into town.

To go back to your original question, you'd be crazy to try to drive into town, your commute would be so much longer than by public transport.

Thank you again @chartreuse I’m firmly sticking with DART and Luas lines now

AFAIK there's a benefit in kind tax on employer provided parking, so a free space isn't actually free,ans it would be worth checking how much it will actually cost you.