Identification and Prioritization of Pedestrian Safety Criteria in Inter-City Roads of Hamadan Based on Multi Criteria Decision Making Using Fuzzy TOPSIS Method

Studying and prioritizing the criteria to improve the safety of pedestrian traffic can help planners and decision makers to create a safe environment for pedestrians. This study was designed and carried out to identify and prioritize the safety criteria of pedestrians thoroughfares of Hamadan province based on multi-criteria decision making by fuzzy TOPSIS method.

In this study, a logical and systematic process was run using fuzzy TOPSIS method to develop an optimal model under each of the selected criteria. The study was carried out during 2018-2019. To determine the risk factors related to the modeling, first the indicators were determined by the panel of experts pannel from an extensive list of functional indicators. Then, using SMART criteria of weighting proportion and weighing indicators were used to rank the i indicators among identified indicators related to pedestrian safety.

A total of 50 people, with a mean and standard deviation of age 42.68 and 0.83 years, participated in this study. The fuzzy analysis showed that according to the view of study participants, creating uneven crossings at intersections, creating safe paths around schools, restricting pedestrian access to highways, creating controlled crossings in high-risk areas, and education and promotion of the traffic culture in the community through mass media are the most important key criteria for promoting pedestrian safety, respectively.

This study revealed that the necessary and important criteria for improving the safety of pedestrians include various areas of human, environmental, and vehicle factors.