The Life Cycle Cost as a Criterion for Innovative Transport and Logistics Services Selecting for the Smart Cities Sustainable Development

This article addresses the active development of passenger rail transport in agglomerations using the Moscow agglomeration as an example. The authors outline the directions for the development of the transport services market and conclude the necessity of implementing innovative transport and logistics services. It identifies consumer segments for these services within agglomerations and presents a methodological approach to assessing the economic efficiency of suburban passenger transport services based on life cycle cost theory to promote sustainable development in smart cities. The authors emphasize the need to take into account the interests of consumers within the framework of the proposed methodological framework. The developed approach makes it possible to take into account the economic interests of the participants of the passenger transportation market in the railway segment as part of the railway infrastructure of the smart agglomeration.