Use of GIS-based Multicriteria Analysis for Integrating Bikesharing in a Public Transport Network

This work is devoted to the modern topics of integration of bike-sharing in the urban transport network. Identification of the integration method was performed by combining Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) methods with the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The solution to this problem included several steps. Practices of transport planning and design principles of bike-sharing systems are considered. Various works which explore methods of GIS-based MCA were studied. The advantages and disadvantages of these methods were evaluated and the integration task was clarified in the following way: it was reduced to the location-allocation problem of bike-sharing stations. A new modification of the TOPSIS method was proposed to solve this problem. Main criteria for the integration into the urban transport network and additional criteria that provide the necessary conditions for making a trip on a bicycle were selected. The work might be useful to the specialists in the field of decision-making support in the transport planning. The method described in this paper can be used to solve the problem of the integration of other modes of transport into the urban transport network.