Application of AHP to the General Planning of Yard and Station of Highway Main Hub

The planning of highway network of our country contains the constructions of the main framework of highway, the main channel of water transport, the main hub of harbor- station, and the supporting systemofmodern traffic. In order for the planning and construction of the highway network of our country to be realized on the basis of easy operation and quantitative determination, an alternative model for the general planning of yard and station of main hub of highway is built based on the practical analytic hierarchy process. Furthermore, respective analytic and constitutional methods for quantitative and qualitative matrixes are proposed. In addition, the calculation process and application examples of the alternative model are also presented. Practices show that the methods are feasible. The proposed calculation method is valuable in theory and application for the planning, appraisal of the main hub of highway and for the comparison and selection of related schemes.