AHP based evaluation approach for decision making criteria of electric bus implementations

Abstract

Throughout history, transportation has been one of the most important necessi ties among various cities. In today’s world, transportation in the cities has been carried out mostly by buses. Recent developments in technology and growing concerns about the environment and greenhouse gas emissions pushed the authorities to consider elec tric buses in their transit fleets as a better option compared to diesel buses. Electric bus usage and interest in that area are constantly increasing with each passing day. More and more countries are trying to adapt to the new electric bus technology. To implement this relatively new technology, researches have been carried out in many aspects which include the decision-making process. This study contains information about the current situation of the electric buses and plans and classifies the criteria that have been considered as the most vital ones when implementing this new technol ogy. The study also explains how the Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP) works and gives the results of a survey that focuses on the electric bus implementation criteria and their relative importance according to various transportation experts from various countries.