Evaluating the sustainability of urban transportation with an emphasis on social-economic criteria with the integrated approach of Suti model and MCDM (Case study of District 5 of Tehran Municipality)

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1 Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, (Land Assessment and Evaluation), Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Civil Engineering-Science and Research Branch- Islamic Azad University- Tehran-Iran

Abstract

In recent years, due to the increase in the population of growth and the expansion of cities, the need for transportation, especially public transportation, has become very important. Since people use different types of transportation (metro, bus, taxi, bicycle, private ride, etc.) every day, it is Crucial to deal with it, especially from the aspect of sustainability among experts, considering the situation strategic transportation of region 5 has tried to emphasizing the economic and social importance that public transportation has for its consumers, it has been tried to address the importance of indicators and their ranking in order to easily achieve sustainability through SUTI-ANP-PROMETHEE methods. The results showed that the situation of the 5th region of Tehran municipality is weaker than the average from the point of view of sustainable urban transport criteria. In fact, according to the weightings and the scores obtained from this survey and the t-test at the 95% confidence level, it showed that the score of region 5 in both approaches is less than 2.5 out of 5. Therefore, based on the ranking made in the promethee method, among the investigated indicators, the improvement of greenhouse gas emission indicators caused by transportation and cycling and walking routes has been emphasized in the transportation development program of Tehran Municipality's 5th district and should be to be prioritized.

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Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 11 October 2023

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  • Receive Date: 07 March 2023
  • Revise Date: 18 July 2023
  • Accept Date: 20 August 2023

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