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Bus route evaluation using a two-stage hybrid model of Fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS

Avaliação de linhas de ônibus com uso de um modelo híbrido de dois estágios com Fuzzy AHP e TOPSIS

Abstracts

Public transportation users are constantly in search of regular service, fair cost, high safety, and physical and psychological comfort. Creating a system for bus route evaluation (BRE) can be considered to be among the basic requirements for public transportation management in cities. The need for a logical and scientific tool to support the decisions made by the policy makers of public transportation for the purpose of a higher quality of the services, specifically in a developing metropolitan such as Shiraz, Iran, proves the importance of such a system. In this study, firs, six routes among the 71 bus routes of metropolitan Shiraz were chosen. Subsequently, 16 criteria based on the theoretical literature and the data collected in a survey conducted by the Shiraz Public Bus Organization (SPBO) were produced. Then by using a two-stage multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM) model containing hierarchical Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchal Process (Fuzzy AHP) and TOPSIS methods the data was analyzed and the existing situation of the selected bus routes was evaluated. This study and the presented evaluation framework for the analysis of the current situation along with the comparison of the bus routes can help the managers and policy makers of bus transportation on their way to improving the services, developing the routes, merging the routes, and creating new routes.

evaluation; bus routes; Fuzzy AHP; TOPSIS; Shiraz


Usuários de transporte público estão constantemente em busca de regularidade do serviço, preço justo, segurança e conforto físico e psicológico. Criar um sistema de avaliação de linhas de ônibus pode ser considerado dentre os requisitos básicos para a gestão de transporte público nas cidades. A necessidade de uma ferramenta lógica e científica para apoiar as decisões tomadas pelos formuladores de políticas de transporte público com o objetivo de uma maior qualidade dos serviços, especificamente em uma área metropolitana em desenvolvimento como Shiraz, Irã, comprova a importância de tal sistema. Neste estudo, primeiramente, seis rotas entre as 71 linhas de ônibus da região metropolitana de Shiraz foram escolhidos. Posteriormente, 16 critérios com base na literatura teórica e os dados coletados em uma pesquisa realizada pela Organização de ônibus Públicos de Shiraz (SPBO) foram produzidos. Em seguida, usando um modelo de dois estágios multi-critério de tomada de decisão (MCDM) contendo um Processo Hierárquico Analítico Difuso (Fuzzy AHP) e métodos TOPSIS, os dados foram analisados e a situação atual das linhas de ônibus selecionadas foi avaliada. Este estudo e o arcabouço de avaliação apresentado para a análise da situação atual, juntamente com a comparação das linhas de ônibus, podem ajudar os gestores e formuladores de políticas de transporte de ônibus em iniciativas para a melhoria dos serviços, o desenvolvimento, fusão e criação de novas linhas.

avaliação; linhas de ônibus; Fuzzy AHP; TOPSIS; Shiraz


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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    07 Nov 2013
  • Date of issue
    July 2013

History

  • Received
    17 July 2012
  • Accepted
    23 Sept 2012
  • Reviewed
    15 Sept 2012
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