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According to existing surveys, there are 1000 to 1500 billion barrels of crude oil stored on Earth and no fossil fuel are being produced due to the environmental condition on Earth. Based on projections, the usage of crude oil resources, natural gas and coal will be possible until 2080, 2047 and 2180 respectively. So, it is necessary to use of renewable biofuels which are compatible with environment. In the past, development was only meaningful in economic aspects but today the concept of sustainable development is used extensively. In sustainable development, environmental aspects and the social effects of development are also considered in addition to economic aspects, and decision-makers are seeking to achieve development which satisfies these three aspects to the desired extent. One of the aspects of sustainable development in the field of energy is the use of biofuels. This is proved that, in case of commercial utilization, biofuels are fulfilling all aspects of sustainable development (Kafa et al., 2014). The supply of alternative fuels is based on cost and greenhouse gas emissions per mile, therefore it can be considered as a sustainable and viable option for buyers in the market. In spite of these potential benefits, the market share of alternative fuels is limited due to some factors which some of are related to cost and others are not (Bree et al., 2010). In the last two decades of the twentieth century, concerns about the pollution of large cities have increased and the major contribution of these pollution is related to the road transport sector which the type and quality of used fuel in this section has a significant impact on air pollution, increasing of greenhouse gases emissions and global warming (Dakov et al., 2008). In other words, transportation is the pioneer and main factor in emissions of greenhouse gases, which plays a major role for most pollutants. For example, in Canada, 25% of greenhouse gases is belong to the transportation sector, which is 76% of that belongs to road transportation (Safaei-mohammadi et al., 2009, Kangas et al., 2006). The development and management of the transportation system is important in the economic and social development of each country, and there are many challenges, problems and issues related to the transportation system such as security, cost and quality, which requires creating effective and improver solutions for them (Mardani et al., 2015). Urban transportation is one of the concerns of managers in the field of urban management. The excessive increase in personal cars and population in urban areas, caused many serious challenges in the medium and long term. The development and expansion of the public transportation leads to facilitates the citizen’s transportation and also it is a good incentive to decrease the use of personal vehicles and air pollution reduction. In recent years, the usage of the bus rapid transit (BRT) in Tehran has been considered and the citizens of Tehran have been satisfied to a large extent. BRT is important because of its effect in reducing traffic load and air pollution. On the other hand, urban transportation has always undergone changes due to lack of a long-term codified planning and not having a specific policy during the year (Ji et al., 2015).