Planning an Intermodal Terminal for the Sustainable Transport Networks

Snežana Tadić, Mladen Krstić, Violeta Roso and Nikolina Brnjac
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Snežana Tadić: Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
Mladen Krstić: Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
Violeta Roso: Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
Nikolina Brnjac: Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 15, 1-20

Abstract: Growing competition in the global market imposes the need for adequate planning of transportation processes and development of intermodal transport networks, whereby intermodal terminals play a key role. This paper proposes a methodology for prioritization of the intermodal terminal’s development features, as the procedure in its planning process, leading to the design of the intermodal terminal in accordance with the needs of various stakeholders and the principles of the sustainable development. As the stakeholders often have conflicting interests and objectives, it is necessary to consider a broad set of requirements and developmental features that enable the fulfillment of the defined requirements. In order to solve the problem this paper proposes a new hybrid multi-criteria decision-making model that combines Delphi, Analytical Network Process (ANP) and Quality Function Deployment (QFD) methods in the fuzzy environment. The applicability of the proposed model is demonstrated by solving an example of planning an intermodal terminal in Belgrade.

Keywords: intermodal terminal planning; sustainable; fuzzy; Delphi; ANP; QFD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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