Achieving sustainable urban mobility with a modified VIKOR method to improve the selection of a park and ride system

In many European cities, municipal authorities have placed restrictions on private transport in city centres to comply with national and European regulations aimed at reducing traffic congestion, air pollution levels, polluting gases emission from transport and the consequences on climate change th...

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Main Authors: Belén Muñoz-Medina, Javier Ordoñez, Manuel G. Romana, Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz
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Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://bme.vgtu.lt/index.php/JCEM/article/view/23300
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author Belén Muñoz-Medina
Javier Ordoñez
Manuel G. Romana
Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz
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Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz
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description In many European cities, municipal authorities have placed restrictions on private transport in city centres to comply with national and European regulations aimed at reducing traffic congestion, air pollution levels, polluting gases emission from transport and the consequences on climate change that have affected the quality of life of the inhabitants. Park and ride (P&R) facilities are key elements to introduce restrictions on private transport in city centres to reduce congestion. In this paper, a methodology is proposed, through multi-criteria decision methods, to determine a sustainable P&R rating and classification. The optimal solution or set of solutions, for P&R facilities is determined by taking into account sustainability criteria: environmental, economic, functional and social. A modified VIKOR multi-criteria decision method was developed and applied by using the Mahalanobis distance by taking into account the correlation between variables. The proposed methodology provides the most sustainable alternatives of P&R and allows local authorities to prioritize necessary actions to achieve more sustainable urban mobility. The method developed was applied to study the P&R system designed for the city of Madrid.
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spelling doaj-art-2ba8aceb7db14066bfae81f572a497452025-08-20T03:01:21ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Civil Engineering and Management1392-37301822-36052025-03-0131210.3846/jcem.2025.23300Achieving sustainable urban mobility with a modified VIKOR method to improve the selection of a park and ride systemBelén Muñoz-Medina0Javier Ordoñez1Manuel G. Romana2Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz3School of Civil Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainSchool of Civil Engineering, University of Granada, Granada, SpainSchool of Civil Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainSchool of Civil Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain In many European cities, municipal authorities have placed restrictions on private transport in city centres to comply with national and European regulations aimed at reducing traffic congestion, air pollution levels, polluting gases emission from transport and the consequences on climate change that have affected the quality of life of the inhabitants. Park and ride (P&R) facilities are key elements to introduce restrictions on private transport in city centres to reduce congestion. In this paper, a methodology is proposed, through multi-criteria decision methods, to determine a sustainable P&R rating and classification. The optimal solution or set of solutions, for P&R facilities is determined by taking into account sustainability criteria: environmental, economic, functional and social. A modified VIKOR multi-criteria decision method was developed and applied by using the Mahalanobis distance by taking into account the correlation between variables. The proposed methodology provides the most sustainable alternatives of P&R and allows local authorities to prioritize necessary actions to achieve more sustainable urban mobility. The method developed was applied to study the P&R system designed for the city of Madrid. https://bme.vgtu.lt/index.php/JCEM/article/view/23300urban mobilitypark and ridemulticriteria decision makingsustainable selection criteriaEntropy methodMahalanobis distance
spellingShingle Belén Muñoz-Medina
Javier Ordoñez
Manuel G. Romana
Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz
Achieving sustainable urban mobility with a modified VIKOR method to improve the selection of a park and ride system
Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
urban mobility
park and ride
multicriteria decision making
sustainable selection criteria
Entropy method
Mahalanobis distance
title Achieving sustainable urban mobility with a modified VIKOR method to improve the selection of a park and ride system
title_full Achieving sustainable urban mobility with a modified VIKOR method to improve the selection of a park and ride system
title_fullStr Achieving sustainable urban mobility with a modified VIKOR method to improve the selection of a park and ride system
title_full_unstemmed Achieving sustainable urban mobility with a modified VIKOR method to improve the selection of a park and ride system
title_short Achieving sustainable urban mobility with a modified VIKOR method to improve the selection of a park and ride system
title_sort achieving sustainable urban mobility with a modified vikor method to improve the selection of a park and ride system
topic urban mobility
park and ride
multicriteria decision making
sustainable selection criteria
Entropy method
Mahalanobis distance
url https://bme.vgtu.lt/index.php/JCEM/article/view/23300
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