A Study on the Procedure of Decision-Making for Entrance Architecture of Modern MRT Station in Taiwan

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to establish a set of consistent guidelines for deciding entrance architecture of modern MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) stations in Taiwan, so that the details of construction, passenger circulation, and operation and maintenance procedures will be uniform throughout the entire MRT network. There exist the multi-criteria evaluation of subjectivities and externalities for the decision. To fulfill the interaction between subjectivities and externalities, we applied the appropriate ways, which included 1) the method of key-informant interview with decision-makers, professionals, experts and scholars to establish the multi-criteria, 2) the method of questionnaire and mathematical calculation to establish the weighting of each criterion, and finally applied 3) the method of multi-criteria evaluation with qualitative and quantitative data (MEQQD) for decision making. After the procedure of this study, it was found that 'site response' was the most dominant criterion and the method of MEQQD could evaluate the alternatives to obtain the objective and appropriated consequence.