Reasons public transport in Den Haag is awesome:
1. There's lots of it.
1a. There are trams, trains and buses. Many places are serviced by all three. (Mainly train stations though, since trains don't go many other places.)
1b. I have yet to find a place in the city you can't get to using a public transport + 10 minute walk. (NOTE: this fact may suffer from selection bias.)
1c. It comes all the time.
1ci. During working hours, most trams come 4-5 times per hour.
1cii. During rush hours, most buses come every 8-12 minutes.
1ciii. Intercity trains leave about every 15 minutes. Depending on where you're going, sometimes more often.
1civ. It starts before 6am.
1cv. It finishes after midnight. (Not much after midnight though. So I guess it doesn't run ALL the time. You win, NYC Subway.)
2. It's cheap.
3a. It costs €4 for me to get a fast Intercity train to Rotterdam. That's a different CITY.
3b. It appears to be changed by the kilometre. So a return is the same as two singles. Genius.
3c. Due to 3b, tickets all have eccentric prices like €3.21. Hilarious.
3. People use it.
Reasons public transport in Den Haag is not awesome:
1. Sometimes some annoying twat stands in the doorway with massive shopping bags while other people are trying to get on during a torrential downpour during rush hour and appears not to think to MOVE INTO THE SPACE IN FRONT OF HER.
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