Eventually, the station car subscriber will be able to select the size and type of vehicle for the trips between leaving and returning to the station. If the user has to take six kids to a scout meeting, she or he requests that an electric van be available that evening at the station in his or her apartment complex. If a home improvement project were under way, a pick-up truck for a run to the lumberyard would be reserved. Almost all of these second and subsequent vehicles are larger than need be and are capable of traveling much farther than typical daily use. Using the smallest, lightest vehicle possible is energy efficient.
Station cars impose no maintenance or repair responsibilities on the user.
Station cars will reduce government spending by reducing the need for ever expanding arterial street systems and will reduce the subsidy of mass transit by not only increasing ridership, but increasing the utilization of equipment and facilities through added reverse commuters and midday, evening, and weekend riders. Most often a reverse commuter must drive because access between the suburban station and the job site is difficult or non-existent. Station cars can serve low density residential and commercial areas that cannot be served or served well by traditional mass transit. For example, someone who works near a transit corridor can ride transit and use a station car to go the last few miles between the station and work instead of driving all the way. Station cars, however, have guaranteed parking .