Mohammad MONTAZERI

Biographical note
Dr. Mohammad Montazeri is currently a Lecturer at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Deputy Managing Director for Planning and Logistics of Tehran Metro Holding Company and head of the UITP Iran liaison office. After receiving his Ph.D. from K.U.Leuven and his Post-Doc. from R.U.Gent in Belgium in Industrial Management, he joined Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Co. (TUSRC) in 1993.
Dr. Montazeri specialty is providing financial solutions to Metro Lines using Public Private Partnership (PPP).
He has also presented numerous papers in national and international conferences in this context.
Dr. Montazeri has been an active member and moderator in different Value Engineering projects in different Metro lines of Iranian cities.
He is currently Board Member of the Iranian Association of Rail Transportation Engineering.
He has also published articles and books addressing different issues in Public Transportation.

Presentation: The presentation of an AHP-TOPSIS hybrid approach to prioritize emergency evacuation routes of metropolitan train stations against fire disaster
The main purpose of this study is the classification of emergency evacuation routes in Tehran metro station after fire accident. Based on library sources, the supervisor’s opinion and inquiring subway safety experts and firefighters, the main criteria were recognized. The five criteria used in this study include accessibility to route, exit direction, type of stairs, route safety, and risk making factors along the route. Some sub-criteria were taken into account for each of these criteria. They were prioritized using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP).
Based on the results obtained in this study, it is observed that the issue of emergency evacuation and exit routes during disasters in urban communities has not been investigated in Iran as it should be; this lack of attention is more visible especially in the urban transport systems and Tehran metro system.