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Station Cars:
A Sub-System of Mass transit Systems

Station Cars: A Sub-System of Mass Transit Systems
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When I first heard of station cars, I wasn’t the least bit impressed.   But the more I thought about it, the more I came to see that, contained in this crude beginning, was the germ of a whole new paradigm for personal mobility.  It’s really the missing link of public transportation systems.

Here’s an interesting comparison:
In terms of hours in use, a refrigerator is used 100% of the time, a typical electric heating system in the Pacific Northwest home operates a total of about 26.6% of the annual hours. And a house is used at least 58% of the time, even if you assume that it is unused for the 10 hours per day when everyone. But a private car, although it’s one of our mostly costly possessions, is used only a little more than 3% of the time, and the other 97% it just sits there taking up space and costing money.

So in terms of cost per hour of utilization, we end up with the following hourly expenses:

  • Refrigerator = $0.03 Clothes drier = $0.58

  • Electric heating = $0.33 House (24 hr/day) = $0.25

  • House (14 hr/day) = $0.43 Household car = $14.50

 

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