DECISION SUPPORT FOR CHOOSING A SCENARIO FOR ORGANIZING URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITH SHARE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Abstract

This article presents the issue of using decision support tools to select the variant of organization of urban transport system. Two scenarios for the use of electric vehicles were compared, considering not only their emissions and fuel consumption but also the limited accessibility of conventional vehicles to the city. The authors assume that the development of urban traffic organization must go hand in hand with the challenges of planning sustainable urban mobility and reducing harmful exhaust fumes. Furthermore, decision-makers should be equipped with simple decision support tools to generate the best option considering the expectations of transport users. The PTV VISUM tool was used to analyse and visualize two different organization scenarios for a selected city in Poland.

Keywords

• decision support
• electric vehicles
• urban transport system
• travel demand model
• pollutant emissions
• urban area
• limited accessibility of the city
• sustainable urban mobility