Evaluation of the Significance and Impact of Drivers and Barriers to the Smart Urban Transportation System in Tabriz Based on Emerging Technologies Using SWARA and PLS Techniques

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1 Academic Member of Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR)

2 Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

10.22034/gp.2025.64375.3323

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Traffic congestion is one of the destructive effects that the rapid growth of cities, excessive population growth, and its unreasonable dispersion leave on both natural and cultural environments. This rapid growth, on the one hand, and the development of new technologies such as the Internet of Things, on the other hand, have confronted cities with new challenges. Numerous efforts have been made to mitigate these negative effects, one of the most significant is the strategy of utilizing new and smart technologies. This research is applied in its objective side, and descriptive-analytical in terms of its research type and nature. In the qualitative section, the thematic analysis technique and Maxqda software were used, while in the quantitative section, the Swara technique was brought into play to determine the importance coefficient, and Smart PLS software was used to determine the influence coefficient of barriers.

Based on the research findings, it was found that many qualitative and quantitative factors influence the smartness of urban transportation. Seven factors (policy-planning, economic-investment, security-legal, physical, managerial-organizational, cultural-social, and technical) were identified as the most important drivers & barriers. The findings pinpoint that factors such as weak integrated urban management, lack of targeted programs and clear vision, failure to recognize strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the smart urban transportation domain on the Internet of Things platform, lack of smart sensor installation throughout the area, absence of traffic sensors, environmental monitoring and analysis, underdevelopment of fiber optic networks, wireless internet, and 4G and 5G connectivity, lack of automatic accident detection systems, moving weigh-in-motion systems, and weaknesses in traffic management software are the most critical barriers to the smartening of Tabriz's urban transportation system.

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ازدحام ترافیک یکی از تاثیرات مخربی است که رشد سریع شهرها و رشد بی‌رویه جمعیت و پراکندگی نامعقول آنها، بر روی محیط‌های طبیعی و فرهنگی بر جای می‌گذارد. این رشد سریع از یک سو، شهرها را با مسایل جدیدی مواجه ساخته و از سوی دیگر تلاش‌های زیادی برای برطرف ساختن تاثیرات منفی آنها به عمل آمده که یکی از عمده‌ترین آنها، راهبرد استفاده از فنآوری‌های نو و هوشمند می‌باشد. این تحقیق به لحاظ هدف، کاربردی و از نظر نوع و ماهیت، توصیفی- تحلیلی و از نظر روش ترکیبی (کمی و کیفی) است. در بخش مطالعات کیفی از تکنیک تحلیل موضوعی و نرم افزار Maxqda و در بخش مطالعات کمی از تکنیک Swara برای تعیین ضریب اهمیت و از نرم‌افزارSmart PLS  برای تعیین ضریب تاثیرگذاری پیشران‌ها (محرک‌ها) و پسران‌ها (موانع) استفاده شده‌است.

بر اساس یافته‌های تحقیق؛ مشخص گردید که عوامل کیفی و کمی متعددی در زمینه هوشمندسازی حمل‌و‌نقل شهری تبریز تاثیرگذار می‌باشند. هفت عامل (سیاستگذاری-برنامه‌ریزی، اقتصادی-سرمایه­گذاری، امنیتی-قانونی، فیزیکی-کالبدی، مدیریتی-سازمانی، فرهنگی-اجتماعی و فنی-تکنولوژیکی) به عنوان مهمترین پیشران و پسران، شناسایی گردید. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که عواملی نظیر: ضعف مدیریت یکپارچه شهری، نبود برنامه‌های هدفمند و چشم‌انداز مشخص، عدم شناخت نقاط ضعف و قوت، فرصت‌ها و تهدیدات، عدم نصب سنسورهای هوشمند، نبود حسگرهای ترافیکی، نظارتی و تحلیل محیطی، عدم توسعه شبکه فیبر نوری و اینترنت بی‌سیم و اینترنت g4Gو g5G، نبود سامانه تشخیص خودکار حوادث و سامانه توزین در حال حرکت، ضعف نرم‌افزارهای مدیریت ترافیک و... مهمترین پسران‌های هوشمندسازی سیستم حمل‌و‌نقل شهری تبریز در بستر فنآوریهای نوین نظیر اینترنت اشیاء می‌باشند.

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