Abstract
Problems related to sustainable urban transport have gained in importance with the rapid growth of urban agglomerations. There is, therefore, a need to support decision-making processes in this area, a trend that is visible in the literature. Many methods have already been presented as a useful decision-making tool in this field. However, it is still a significant challenge to properly determine the relevance of the criteria because it is one of the most critical points of many presented techniques to solve decision problems. In this work, we propose two new approaches to determining the relevance of particular decision criteria effectively in sustainable transport problems. For this purpose, we examine a study case for the evaluation of electric bikes evaluated against eight criteria, which have been taken from earlier work. We calculate the relevance of each criterion using four different approaches and then evaluate their effectiveness using a reference ranking and popular multi-criteria decision analysis methods. The results are compared with each other by using similarity coefficients. Finally, we summarize the results obtained and set out further methods of development.
Highlights
The massive desire to move to larger cities allows humanity to develop at faster rates
To check the effectiveness of the four criteria weighting methods, the first TOPSIS method will be used, where 55 electric bicycles will be evaluated using different normalization methods with each of the four methods to identify the significance of the weights
We present an entirely new approach to determining the relevance of criteria in sustainable transport issues
Summary
The massive desire to move to larger cities allows humanity to develop at faster rates. The number of motorized vehicles is increasing every day, and this number has already reached 1 billion. The availability of affordable transportation at our fingertips allows us to save several hours a day. An important aspect is the impact of so many vehicles on the environment. All this leads to increased air pollution, which in turn has dire consequences: worsening of the immune system, respiratory diseases, and premature death [5]. Scientists estimate the number of deaths caused by pollution to be 9 million in 2015, three times more fatalities than from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria united and 15 times more than from all kinds of violence [6]
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