Trade-offs between mobility and equity maximization under environmental capacity constraints: A case study of an integrated multi-objective model

This paper investigates the performance of a policy decision tool proposed for multi-objective decision under different policy interventions. This tool deals with the trade-off between mobility and equity maximization under environmental capacity constraints. Two system objectives, maximization of mobility and equity, are formulated in terms of the sum of total car ownership and number of trips, and the differences in accessibility between zones. Environmental capacities are based on production efficiency theory in which the frontier emission under maximum system efficiency is taken as environmental capacity. To examine the performance of the proposed model, three types of hypothetical policies (network improvement, population increase and urban sprawl) are formulated. Effects are simulated using data pertaining to Dalian City, China. Results show that the proposed model is capable of representing the trade-offs between mobility and equity based on different policy interventions. Compared with two extreme cases with the single objective of mobility maximization or equity maximization, the Pareto-optimal solutions provide more interesting practical options for decision makers. Taking the solution based on the maximum equity as an example, the policy of urban sprawl yields the most significant improvement in both emission and accessibility of the three scenarios.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2014.03.012
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968090X14000849
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Feng, Tao
  • Timmermans, Harry J P
• Publication Date: 2014-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 267-279
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
  • Volume: 43, Part 3
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0968-090X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0968090X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Case studies; Equity; Mobility; Multiple criteria decision making; Optimization; Policy analysis; Sustainable transportation
• Geographic Terms: Dalian (China)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01531108
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 2014 3:18PM