Title: Multi-criteria location of multi-modal terminals in integrated public transport systems

Authors: Johanna Camargo-Perez; Jairo R. Montoya-Torres

Addresses: Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 #40-62, Bogotá, DC, Colombia ' Grupo de investigación en Sistemas Logísticos, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de La Sabana, Km. 7, Autopista Norte de Bogotá, DC, Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Abstract: A global trend worldwide in people transportation in urban areas is to integrate different transportation modes into the same network, so the needs of several stakeholders are considered. A key issue to solve is to identify the best possible locations of intermodal terminals. This paper proposes a methodology to solve such a problem, taken the City of Bogota, Colombia as an exemplary case study. The approach is evaluated in terms of efficiency and efficacy, so, the benefits of the application are highlighted. Although a case study is presented in this paper, the methodology can be generalised to be applied elsewhere helping the decision-making process.

Keywords: people transportation; urban; location; case study; multi-criteria decision-making; MCDM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIDS.2021.119374

International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences, 2021 Vol.13 No.4, pp.335 - 349

Received: 03 Oct 2018
Accepted: 16 Sep 2019
Published online: 02 Dec 2021 *

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