Multi-Criteria Decision Making Process in Metropolitan Transport Means Selection Based on the Sharing Mobility Idea
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Department of Logistics and Transport Technologies, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Technologies, Silesian University of Technology, 8 Krasinskiego St., 40-019 Katowice, Poland
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Department of Transport Systems and Traffic Engineering, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Technologies, Silesian University of Technology, 8 Krasinskiego St., 40-019 Katowice, Poland
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Division of Transportation Systems Engineering and Logistics, Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology, 75 Koszykowa St., 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
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Sustainability 2020, 12(17), 7231; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177231
Received: 11 August 2020 / Revised: 23 August 2020 / Accepted: 2 September 2020 / Published: 3 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Road Traffic Engineering and Sustainable Transportation)
The article presents the idea of modeling the decision-making process in the field of the metropolitan areas transport system. Due to the increasing process of metropolization and urbanization, which is predicted to be 68.4% worldwide and 83.7% in Europe in 2050, the issue will be even more sophisticated. The problem of depletion of transport network capacity as well as the implementation of modern technology solutions forces metropolitan committees to apply tools for metropolitan passenger transport system optimization. Significantly, the policy and regulations on sustainable urban mobility management are based on the mobility demand predictions and understanding of the travel decision-making process of citizens. The scientific purpose of this article is to build a mathematical model, as a tool supporting the multi-criteria decision-making process regarding the choice of means of transport in a developing metropolis. The issue raised in this article considers the most important research areas of the metropolitan transport means selection, which includes transport safety, qualitative, financial, and ecological aspects. The model was implemented in Silesian Metropolis in Poland with a particular emphasis on sharing mobility transport means users. As a result, a ranking of sharing transport means was developed, which is a piece of significant information for planners and future investors in the development of the metropolitan transport system.
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Keywords:
metropolitan transport system; the model of metropolitan transport means selection; multi-criteria decision making; sharing mobility; sustainable mobility; sustainable transport
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Cieśla M, Sobota A, Jacyna M. Multi-Criteria Decision Making Process in Metropolitan Transport Means Selection Based on the Sharing Mobility Idea. Sustainability. 2020; 12(17):7231. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177231
Chicago/Turabian StyleCieśla, Maria, Aleksander Sobota, and Marianna Jacyna. 2020. "Multi-Criteria Decision Making Process in Metropolitan Transport Means Selection Based on the Sharing Mobility Idea" Sustainability 12, no. 17: 7231. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177231
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