Evaluating Goals And Impacts Of Two Metro Alternatives By The Ahp

Abstract

The transport planning and its decision making involve a large number of goals and more than one alternative to be evaluated. This analysis comprises technical and financial features up to social and environmental impacts. We show how the AHP is a useful tool in this procedure, and evaluate several objectives and impacts of the implantation of the third metro line in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where there were two alternative outlines and one of them to be selected.3012335Cohen, H.S., Stowers, J.R., (1978) Evaluating Urban Transportation System Alternatives, , Washington, System Design ConceptLassiere, A., (1976) The Environmental Evaluation of Transports Plans, , USA, Grow CopyrightLindau, L.A., Comparative Impact Study of Different Transportation Technology (1991) Revista Dos Transportes Públicos, 48, pp. 51-62Metro, R.J., (1989) "Technical-Economical-Financial Viability Study - Expansion Project of Rio de Janeiro's Metro", (in Portugese), , Rio de Janeiro, MetroMetro, S.P., (1980) "Technical-Economical-Financial Viability Study of the Third Metro Line of Sáb Paulo", (in Portuguese), , Sao Paulo, Metro e EMTUMetro, S.P., (1991) "Ambiental Impact Study", Lin Vila Madalena-Vila Prudente, (in Portuguese), , Sáo Paulo, MetroMouette, D., (1993) "The Utilization of the Analytic Hierarchy Process in Urban Transportation Planning and the Decision Making Process: An Analysis Turned to Ambiental Impacts", (in Portuguese), , M.Sc. Thesis, Sáo Paulo, Campinas, UNICAMPSaaty, T.L., A Scaling Method for Priorities in Hierarchical Structures (1977) Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 15, pp. 234-281Saaty, T.L., (1990) The Analytic Hierarchy Process, , Pittsburgh, USA, RWS PublicationsSaaty, T.L., How to Make a Decision: The Analytic Hierarchy Process (1990) European Journal of Operational Research, 48, pp. 9-26Saaty, T.L., (1990) The Analytic Hierarchy Process for Decisions in a Complex World, , USA, Pittsburgh: University of PittsburghVarma, A., "Environmental Considerations of Land Transport in Developing Countries", Part 1 (1992) Transport Reviews, 12 (2), pp. 101-11