A Decision Support System for Improving Pedestrian Accessibility in Neighborhoods

Pedestrian accessibility represents a sustainable method of urban mobility. To improve pedestrian accessibility in neighborhoods, local administrations need to use decision-making tools that perform objective analysis. This paper discusses the case of Romanian cities and offers a theoretical base that would aid the process of decision making. It thus suggests a decision support system (DSS), which is an innovative approach combining two well-known algorithms: the hierarchic-analytic process, used in operations research, and the advanced multi-criteria analysis based on FRISCO formula. The DSS has been made available online, helping public administrations plan chains of interventions without the use of advanced mathematical skills. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Lumen Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Asociatia Lumen.