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| Main criteria | Subcriteria | Description |
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| Cost—C1 | C11—Investment cost | The total cost that is necessary for setting up the garage |
| C12—Spare parts transportation cost | The cost to transfer the spare parts from their suppliers to the garages |
| C13—Vehicle transport cost | The cost that occurs when a bus travels without passengers to go to the garage or to the start of the lines |
| C14—Operation cost | The total maintenance, cleaning, and other operations’ cost |
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| Infrastructure—C2 | C21—Municipality services | Electric, water, and gas requirements supply from municipality |
| C22—Technological infrastructure | The infrastructure for telecommunication and internet supply |
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Social and economic
structure—C3 | C31—Population structure | The density of the population in the regions |
| C32—Urbanization of the region | The immigration to the region and the population increase rate |
| C33—Neighborhood response | The response of the neighborhood when a new garage is set up |
| C34—Behavior of the passengers | The satisfaction degree of the passengers who live around the new garage |
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| Macro factors—C4 | C41—Government policy | The taxes and incentives |
| C42—Reconstruction and building plans | The features of the garage building |
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| Environmental factors—C5 | C51—Effects on the open land | The effect of the new garage on the social/urban life |
| C52—Convenience of the land | The grade of the land, stream bed situation, and earthquake risk |
| C53—Effect on people's health | The effect of the new garage on human health because of the exhaust, dust, smell, and so forth |
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| Accessibility—C6 | C61—Proximity to common service areas | The proximity of the new garage to the common service areas is important to decrease the dead kilometers |
| C62—Proximity to the other garages | The proximity of the new garage to the other garages is important to take service when a problem occurred in the new garage |
| C63—Proximity to the main roads | The proximity to the main roads is important to decrease the spare parts transportation cost and vehicle transport cost |
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