Abstract
Urban freight transport is integral to the overall sustainable development of cities in tandem with passenger transport. This research chapter is based on an empirical study carried out in the city of Jaipur in north India. This chapter presents traffic & parking regulation strategies from literature and intends to come up with aggregate weightage and ranking of different strategies for sustainable freight mobility for Jaipur city. Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) and Best Worst Method (BWM) are used to assess the weights. Both AHP & BWM are multicriteria decision-making techniques, thus useful in selecting the most relevant freight strategies for sustainable urban goods distribution in case city. Hypothesis for selecting AHP & BWM is that both methods produce similar results. This chapter critically analyses the traffic & parking regulation strategies in the preview of wholesalers, transport operators and local policymakers involved in urban goods distribution in case city. Primary data and response were collected with face to face paper–pencil survey from stakeholders in case city for selection and ranking of freight strategies. Response received from 32 stakeholders of Jaipur is used for analysis. The policy implications based on this study demonstrates the potential utility of AHP & BWM as a decision-making tool in urban freight sector in India.
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