THE MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO THE MODELLING OF MODAL SPLIT
Journal Title: Archives of Transport - Year 2014, Vol 29, Issue 1
Abstract
Transport in cities plays a crucial role in the lives of inhabitants. Development of cities affects the functional aspects of the network include the emergence of new areas of traffic generators. Unsuited infrastructure causes many negative effects that outraged the standard of living in cities. In this paper the concept of Park and Ride was presented as a way to cope with the growing volume of traffic. Full procedure for estimating the contribution of different modes of transport including the Park and Ride was presented. Additionally, an important part of the article is devoted to a description of full Delphic approach, applied for membership function (MF) shape definition of chosen function, estimating linguistic variable.<br/><br/>
Authors and Affiliations
Andrzej Szarata
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