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The All-Electric Commute: An Assessment of the Market Potential for Station Cars in the San Francisco Bay Area

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  • Cervero, Robert
  • Round, Alfred
  • Reed, Carma
  • Clark, Brian

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Electric station cars have the potential of filling an important market niche -- namely, providing on-call, door-to-door access to and from rail transit stations as well as midday automobility for those who patronize transit. They would make getting from home to work via rail transit virtually seamless. Their greatest promise is in the suburbs. In the San Francisco Bay Area, there are thousands of jobs beyond walking distance of suburban BART stations. Given the choice of driving from home to work or taking BART and transferring to a bus to reach jobs, most suburban workers choose the former. The availability of free parking at the workplace and the generally poor quality of many suburban bus services reinforce this overwhelming preference for solo commuting.

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  • Cervero, Robert & Round, Alfred & Reed, Carma & Clark, Brian, 1994. "The All-Electric Commute: An Assessment of the Market Potential for Station Cars in the San Francisco Bay Area," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt46n9b9v3, University of California Transportation Center.
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    1. Shaheen, Susan & Wright, John & Sperling, Daniel, 2001. "California's Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate - Linking Clean Fuel Cars, Carsharing, and Station Car Strategies," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt447386zj, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    2. Shaheen, Susan A & Wright, John & Sperling, Daniel, 2002. "California's Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate: Linking Clean-Fuel Cars, Carsharing, and Station Car Strategies," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt7n88952b, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    3. Robert Cervero, 2017. "Mobility Niches: Jitneys to Robo-Taxis," Journal of the American Planning Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 83(4), pages 404-412, October.
    4. Shaheen, Susan & Wright, John & Sperling, Daniel, 2001. "California's Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate - Linking Clean Fuel Cars, Carsharing, and Station Car Strategies," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt447386zj, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.

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