An Integrated Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach to Evaluate Traveler Modes’ Priority: An Application to Peshawar, Pakistan

Table 9

Weights of main criteria and subcriteria.

Main Criteria	Weight		Subcriteria	Local weight	Global weight
Internal strengths (IS)	0.42	S1	Dedicated infrastructure, coeff.	0.03	0.013
		S2	Fixed stops, coeff.	0.07	0.028
			Average distance between stops, m	0.10	0.042
			Small movement interval, min	0.13	0.056
			Stops near to residential districts, coeff.	0.08	0.033
			Stops near to central business district, coeff.	0.08	0.033
			Security, coeff.	0.31	0.130
			Reliability, coeff.	0.20	0.083
Internal weaknesses (IW)	0.07	W1	High cost for travel for one person, $	0.10	0.007
			Lack of connectivity to urban infrastructure, coeff.	0.13	0.009
			Small number of seats in one vehicle, number	0.05	0.003
			Low operating speed, km/h	0.32	0.022
			Long time for travel, min	0.27	0.019
			Little comfort, coeff.	0.13	0.009
External opportunities (EO)	0.35	O1	Accessibility, coeff.	0.43	0.150
			Possibility of special services, coeff.	0.14	0.050
			Possibility of inclusion of insurance in the travel tariff, coeff.	0.24	0.083
			Possibility of modernization of the infrastructure, coeff.	0.19	0.066
External threats (ET)	0.16	T1
			Increase in car traffic, coeff.	0.12	0.019
			Possibilities of traffic congestion, coef.	0.18	0.029
			Environmental pollution, coeff.	0.28	0.045
			Noise, coeff.	0.06	0.011
			Dependence on mineral oil or imported gas, coeff.	0.18	0.029
			Increasing fuel costs, coeff.	0.18	0.029