Identifying public preferences using multi-criteria decision making for assessing the shift of urban commuters from private to public transport: A case study of Delhi

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-70

  Jain, Suresh ^a   Aggarwal, Preeti ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^b   Singhal, Shaleen ^a   Sharma, Prateek ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical Hierarchy Process; Commuter perceptions; Modal shift; Public transport

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SURVEYS; TRAVEL TIME;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MODAL SHIFTS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84898669585     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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