Operation Economy of the Low-Volume Urban Rail Transit:a Case Study of the Sky Shuttle Dem-onstration Line in Zengcheng District,Guangzhou
In recent years,large-and medium-sized cities have embarked on the construction of low-capaci-ty urban rail transit.Compared with the traditional and common application of steel-wheeled rail trams,new low-capacity urban rail transit system standards such as Sky Shuttle and Smart Rail have undergone innovation and upgraded in technology,and have reduced prices and improved quality in vehicle and engi-neering construction.However,they are still insufficient in terms of operational economy and feasibility.As an important indicator for analyzing the pre-investment and construction of rail transit projects,the op-erational economy should be considered comprehensively,taking into account the changes in operational demand over a 25-year cycle of changes,and the sustainability of operational costs and subsidies.Taking the Sky Shuttle demonstration line project in Zengcheng District,Guangzhou as an example,this paper adopts systematic and analogy analysis,as well as qualitative and quantitative methods,and near-term and long-term methods,to quantitatively calculate the operating costs and revenues of the low-capacity urban rail transit lines over its entire life cycle.In view of the imbalance between operating income and expendi-ture in the first 10 years,the paper proposes an operating subsidy model and suggestions on the comprehen-sive development of rail transit stations and surrounding land.
low-volume urban rail transittransportation economyqualitative and quantitative analysisnear-term and long-term combination analysisSky Shuttleoperating costGuangzhou