Set of Raw Results from Computing a Coupled Transport-Economics Model of Demand, Dynamic Supply and Generalized Cost Oriented to the Ex-Ante Evaluation of Alternative Urban/Metropolitan Medium-Capacity Transit Systems under Uncertainty Conditions: Tramway or Light Rail (LRT) vs Bus Semirapid Transit (BST)

The uploaded file ("OfM_I4A.mat", standing for "Output from Model - Input for Appraisal") is a Saved Workspace (in Matlab environment) containing as variables all the results and intermediate variables (along with the initial input data values) obtained from the computation of a transport model specifically developed for the forecasting of the effects that would be generated by the hypothetical introduction ― into a corridor, axis or route with given characteristics ― of each one of the two main types of urban and metropolitan middle-capacity transit systems. Such effects are quantitatively reflected in the model by a set of variables indicative, among many others, of trip volumes and travel conditions. For this analysis, the two main classes of middle-capacity transit systems are the light rail modes (LRT and/or modern tramway) and the bus semirapid transit (BST) systems with exclusive right-of-way, commonly termed also as BHLS (Bus with High Level of Service) or BRT (Bus Rapid Transit).

The results contained in the file "OfM_I4A.mat" come from applying the model to a hypothetical case study that is based on a set of artificial data specially designed to be illustrative of fairly usual conditions in corridors, axes or routes with intermediate volumes of public transit demand. The code developed to compute de model, including the complete set of data used for this artificial case study, is also available through https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10500901

The values included in the uploaded file might be taken as input dataset for the subsequent application of a quantitative assessment method, such as Cost-Benefit Analysis, in order to evaluate and finally select one of those two alternative medium-capacity transit sistems (Light Rail or Bus Semirapid Transit) in this case study or in others as much as they be similar enough.