Multiple criteria evaluation of P&R lots location

The article presents a comparison of methods of evaluation of establishing the rankings of variants on the example of the location of P&R lots (car parks) in Bydgoszcz (a medium-sized city in Poland). The methods to be compared were based on the procedure defined by municipal authorities in the public procurement (a simple evaluation based on a weighted average) on the one hand, and at the same time, on the well-known methodology of multi-criteria decision making. The assessment was carried out for 15 predefined locations, and both methods used the same set of criteria and sub-criteria. In order to determine the value of the criteria, among others, the travel model of the Bydgoszcz agglomeration built in the VISUM tool was used. As a result, it was possible to simulate the creation of P&R lots in selected locations. The preferences of the decision-maker (the municipal authorities) were expressed in a direct interview with their representatives. As a result of all the calculation work, two final rankings were obtained for each method, which allowed to draw final conclusions.