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| In Palo Alto, California from July 2001 until June 2002, a Station-Car ICVS system called ‘CarLink II’ was implemented in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).This system featured 27 Civic ULEVs (ultra-low emissions vehicle) stationed at a car park port at the California Avenue station on the Caltrain line linking San Francisco and Silicon Valley. |
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| Users targeted to share the use of these vehicles included residents in the area around the station (‘home-based’ users), and people commuting from elsewhere to workplaces in the area surrounding the station (‘work-based’ users). Efficient and effective daily sharing of the available vehicles among members of these two groups was ensured by combining a number of different usage patterns in different ways, depending on the time of day. |
| Morning |
Home-based |
Users drive the vehicles in the morning from their homes to California Avenue station, where they return them to the port at the station before continuing on to workplaces elsewhere by train. |
| Work-based |
Users coming to work at offices in the area around California Avenue station arrive by train at the station, pick up the vehicles at the port, and drive them to their workplaces. |
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| Afternoon |
Work-based users may also use the cars throughout the daytime for business transportation in the area. |
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| Evening |
In the late afternoon, work-based users return the CarLink II vehicles to the California Avenue station port and return home by train. Home-based users arrive shortly thereafter by train, pick up the vehicles, and use them to drive home. |
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| Nighttime & Holidays |
Home-based users may also use the cars as they wish for personal transportation during the nighttime hours and on holidays. |
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