Patel Papathanasiou, S.Vanderschuren, M.2022-09-292022-09-292022https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87360Papers presented at the 40th International Southern African Transport Conference on 04 -08 July 2022Public transport in Cape Town is considered unsatisfactory by many South Africans and private vehicle usage is preferred by most users. The investment in more attractive public transport services is one of the ways to combat the unsustainable move towards private vehicles. Public transport projects are, generally, evaluated using Cost-Benefit Analyses. This research aims to establish an evaluation method, which includes non-monetary criteria, such as accessibility, reliability and convenience. Specifically, it evaluates existing public transport in Cape Town (rail, bus, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and minibus taxis), as well as a hypothetical integrated public transport system, using various forms of MultiCriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), assuming both weighted and unweighted criteria. The information used in this study was obtained as secondary data through organisations linked to the management of the systems, as well as previous studies. This information was used to determine the criteria that the public transport projects would be measured against. These criteria were weighted using the Analytical Hierarchy Process method with input from academics, government employees, transport engineers and non-profit organisations within the transport discipline. The same survey was then extended to the general public transport users. The scenarios were then evaluated using the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method, as well as the Evaluation of Mixed Data (EVAMIX) method of multi-criteria analysis. While the results of the SAW and EVAMIX methods differ slightly, aggregation methods were applied to establish a final ranking. Both MCDA methods provided feasible results and can be applied in the South African context. This project concluded that integrated public transport is the most desirable mode of public transport, while BRT is considered the least attractive.13 pagesPDFen©2022 Southern African Transport ConferencePublic transportCape TownArticle