A Combined Fuzzy Logic and Analytical Hierarchy Process Method for Optimal Selection and Locating of Pedestrian Crosswalks

Subject Areas : Urban Planning

Mohammad Reza Ahadi ¹ , Ali Reza Mahpour ² , Vahid Taraghi ³

1 - Associate Professor,Transportation Research Institute, Road, Housing and Development Research Center(BHRC),Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Transportation Research Institute, Road, Housing and Development Research Center(BHRC), Tehran, Iran
3 - M.Sc. Transportation Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2015-03-15 Accepted : 2017-11-01 Published : 2018-07-01

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