Convert SCENARIO flags in parknride and bus_future to start years #98
Description
Currently, future bus routes and park-n-ride lots are coded to specific scenario IDs with a field called SCENARIO, which would look like '34567' for something intended to exist in scenarios 300, 400, 500, 600 & 700.
Given the arbitrary nature of the scenario codes, and the fact that their meanings will change over time when the model base year is updated, these fields should be replaced with START_YEAR (and possibly also END_YEAR) fields that allow for an absolute time reference for when each bus route or park-n-ride lot should exist that would not need to be manually updated when the model base year changes.
Several scripts will need to be updated to accommodate this change, as well as the future bus coding template Excel spreadsheet, but the results will be worth it.
The MRN could benefit from a similar update.