<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article presents the main components of the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology and their application in the assessment of several public transportation solutions in a specific traffic corridor. The corridor in question is 15 km long and runs through the centre of Wrocław, Poland. The analysis focused on six alternative scenarios. The following elements were taken into consideration in their design: alternative means of land transport; different types of vehicles and priorities for public transportation; location of bus and tram stops. The individual solutions were assessed based on six criteria designed to measure different aspects of the problem with the use of two alternative MCDM methods: Electre III/IV and AHP. Computational experiments established the final ranking of transport solutions in the corridor from best to worst in terms of the analysed criteria.</p></abstract>

This article presents the main components of the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology and their application in the assessment of several public transportation solutions in a specific traffic corridor. The corridor in question is 15 km long and runs through the centre of Wrocław, Poland. The analysis focused on six alternative scenarios. The following elements were taken into consideration in their design: alternative means of land transport; different types of vehicles and priorities for public transportation; location of bus and tram stops. The individual solutions were assessed based on six criteria designed to measure different aspects of the problem with the use of two alternative MCDM methods: Electre III/IV and AHP. Computational experiments established the final ranking of transport solutions in the corridor from best to worst in terms of the analysed criteria.

A Multi-Criteria Appraisal of the Selection of Means of Urban Passenger Transport using the Electre and AHP Methods

Institute of Road, Railroad and Transportation Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering

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This article presents the main components of the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology and their application in the assessment of several public...

A Multi-Criteria Appraisal of the Selection of Means of Urban Passenger Transport using the Electre and AHP Methods

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 79 - 93

Received: May 15, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.088.8693

Keywords
transportation corridor, public transportation, multi-criteria decision making

© 2020 Mariusz Dudek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

A Multi-Criteria Appraisal of the Selection of Means of Urban Passenger Transport using the Electre and AHP Methods

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 79 - 93

Received: May 15, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.088.8693

Keywordstransportation corridor, public transportation, multi-criteria decision making

© 2020 Mariusz Dudek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
transportation corridor, public transportation, multi-criteria decision making