Technical Evaluation for Urban Rail Transportation Networks

Evaluation for urban rail transportation networks (URTN) includes three main points: financial analysis, national economic analysis and technical evaluation. Since URTN is different from other urban transportation modes, this paper mainly dealswith the systemofURTNtechnical evaluation indexes. Using the method of systems analysis, it points outthattheURTNtechnical evaluation systemshould comprise four aspects,i. e., demand evaluation, supply evaluation, network characteristics analysis and sustainable development evaluation. Meanwhile, qualitative and quantitative methods are combined to discuss the indexes and analyze them with examples. The system of evaluation indexes and the calculation method proposed in this paper are valuable forURTN planning both in theory and in practice.