An assessment of evaluation methods applied in decision support systems for sustainable urban mobility planning

摘要

The objective of this paper is to discuss procedures for assessing the impacts ofdifferent evaluation methods used in systems designed to sustainable urban mobilityplanning and management. The case studied shows a comparison of the points ofview assumed by a small group of experts when using two particular systems. Theevaluation methods used in those systems are: Pair-wise Comparisons and Scale ofPoints. The evaluation was conducted for groups of indicators devised for urbanmobility monitoring, which were called Themes. The twenty Themes were alsogrouped in the following five general Categories: Transport and Environment,Transport Management, Transport Infrastructure, Transport Planning, andSocioeconomic Aspects of Transport. The main conclusions drawn from theapplication of non-parametric statistical methods for comparing the results of theevaluations suggest that the method Scale of Points could be the most indicated forevaluations with community members in general (experts or non-experts).