Although sustainable transportation is generally referred to with air pollution, global warming and climate change; it refers to a wide transportation structure that is sustainable in terms of economic, social and environmental effects. In this study, Ankara's sustainable urban transportation performance was compared with İstanbul, İzmir, Konya and Antalya, using the Sustainable Urban Transportation Index (SURKENT), which was previously developed by the author. In SURKENT, 15 sub-indicators are defined under 4 main indicators. The main indicators are Environmental Performance (EP), Transportation Performance (TP), Energy Performance (EnP) and Municipality Governance Performance (MGP). 4 sub-indicators were used under Environmental Performance, 7 under Transportation Performance, 2 under Energy Performance and 2 sub-indicators under Municipality Governance Performance. Minimum-maximum normalization was used for sub-indicators containing quantitative data, and 0-100 scoring was used for qualitative data. The ranking of cities with the highest sustainable urban transportation performance was found as follows: İstanbul, İzmir, Konya, Ankara, Antalya. Ankara; it is 3rd in EP, 3rd in TP, 5th in EnP and 2nd in MGP.
Urban transport Performance index Sustainable transport Ankara
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Konular | Otomotiv Mühendisliği (Diğer) |
Bölüm | Articles |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 31 Mart 2024 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 2 Ekim 2023 |
Kabul Tarihi | 9 Ocak 2024 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2024 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1 |
International Journal of Automotive Science and Technology (IJASTECH) is published by Society of Automotive Engineers Turkey