Application of AHP method for multi-criteria evaluation of variants of the integration of urban public transport

Abstract This article presents the idea of travel demand management and basic concepts of urban public transport integration. The process of striving for integration of urban transport requires detailed analysis of tools to assess the activities. The cities often offer different variants of the integration, but it is difficult to determine which option is the best. This choice can be easier by making an assessment of variants of the integrated system of urban public transport (ISUPT) by using multi-criteria decision aid methods (MCDA). The aim of the article is to present the main elements of the methodology of MCDA, and then the possibility of applying it to assess variants of ISUPT. To assess variants of ISUPT, one of the MCDA methods – the AHP ranking method was used. Special attention was paid to the complexity of the considered problem, where it is necessary to take into account many aspects of it, such as: economic, technical, environmental and social. In order to show the practical application of the proposed methodology, the example of Cracow was used.