Sidewalk infrastructure assessment using a multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning

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Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Nuno
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Rodrigues, João Coutinho, Jesus, Eduardo Natividade
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/7049
Resumo: Sidewalks constitute the main guideway for the walking mode of transport and serve as a fundamental infrastructure for personal travel including commuting. This is because practically every motorized trip is preceded or concluded by nonmotorized travel. The assessment of sidewalk performance, in the sense of its suitability for walking, involves consideration of multiple aspects, whose precise treatment requires in turn the use of multicriteria methods to support decisions. This article proposes a multicriteria methodology for this purpose, thus setting the stage for a subsequent agency decision regarding maintenance strategy development. The methodology is based on a set of infrastructure attributes, directly intervenable by these authorities, and uses the ELECTRE TRI method to assign sidewalks under study to performance classes. It is practical to use and can be applied to any city, at any scale. The approach is thoroughly discussed, and demonstrated for a case study comprising several sidewalks in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. The results indicate that a considerable fraction of these sidewalks are in mediocre condition, and the multicriteria classifying methodology readily suggested intervention strategies, effectively aiding in the decision making.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sidewalk infrastructure assessment using a multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning
title Sidewalk infrastructure assessment using a multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning
spellingShingle Sidewalk infrastructure assessment using a multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning
Sousa, Nuno
Pedestrian infrastructure assessment
Sidewalks
Multicriteria analysis
Decision-making tools
Maintenance planning
Electre TRI
title_short Sidewalk infrastructure assessment using a multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning
title_full Sidewalk infrastructure assessment using a multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning
title_fullStr Sidewalk infrastructure assessment using a multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning
title_full_unstemmed Sidewalk infrastructure assessment using a multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning
title_sort Sidewalk infrastructure assessment using a multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning
author Sousa, Nuno
author_facet Sousa, Nuno
Rodrigues, João Coutinho
Jesus, Eduardo Natividade
author_role author
author2 Rodrigues, João Coutinho
Jesus, Eduardo Natividade
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Aberto
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sousa, Nuno
Rodrigues, João Coutinho
Jesus, Eduardo Natividade
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Pedestrian infrastructure assessment
Sidewalks
Multicriteria analysis
Decision-making tools
Maintenance planning
Electre TRI
topic Pedestrian infrastructure assessment
Sidewalks
Multicriteria analysis
Decision-making tools
Maintenance planning
Electre TRI
description Sidewalks constitute the main guideway for the walking mode of transport and serve as a fundamental infrastructure for personal travel including commuting. This is because practically every motorized trip is preceded or concluded by nonmotorized travel. The assessment of sidewalk performance, in the sense of its suitability for walking, involves consideration of multiple aspects, whose precise treatment requires in turn the use of multicriteria methods to support decisions. This article proposes a multicriteria methodology for this purpose, thus setting the stage for a subsequent agency decision regarding maintenance strategy development. The methodology is based on a set of infrastructure attributes, directly intervenable by these authorities, and uses the ELECTRE TRI method to assign sidewalks under study to performance classes. It is practical to use and can be applied to any city, at any scale. The approach is thoroughly discussed, and demonstrated for a case study comprising several sidewalks in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. The results indicate that a considerable fraction of these sidewalks are in mediocre condition, and the multicriteria classifying methodology readily suggested intervention strategies, effectively aiding in the decision making.
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