2025 Highlights: A Look Back at TPS' Policy Successes

To wrap up 2025, here's a recap of our latest policy papers covering topics from the Government’s proposed reforms to planning committees to the Integrated National Transport Strategy. All free to download - get reading!

Vision Led Planning Report - How to plan development and transport infrastructure more sustainably

The move to a vision-led planning system represents a once-in-a-generation shift for the transport planning profession. This report makes an important contribution to understanding how the approach can be applied effectively in practice, and where it is already delivering results. It is a strong first step towards developing the tools and techniques needed to move beyond the car-centric outcomes that have shaped development for decades.

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Influencing Travel Behaviour - Think Piece

The Transport Planning Society (TPS) has released a new paper calling for a fundamental shift in UK transport planning. In From understanding to influencing travel behaviour – if not now, then when?, TPS argues that behaviour change must move from a specialist focus to a central part of all planning. Policies and projects that fail to engage their audience will have limited impact. Keyrecommendations include embedding behaviour change in education, integrating it into all projects, and fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration.

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The Green Book Review and what this means for transport business cases

Good business cases are central to evidence-based decision making, providing a framework to define objectives, assess options, deliver value for money, and support evaluation and learning. The Green Book, government guidance on business cases, has been criticised in recent years for being inflexible. The June 2025 Green Book Review sets out six actions, and this TPS paper provides recommendations to the DfT on implementing them in ways that support day-to-day business case practice.

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TPS Response to the Integrated Transport Strategy Call for Ideas

The Transport Planning Society (TPS) has responded to the Government’s call for ideas on the Integrated National Transport Strategy (INTS). Drawing on input from its new Policy Panel, TPS highlights “five core integrations” needed to create a trulyintegrated transport network: an “optimise first” approach to network management; cross-government integration on policy; coordination across all government tiers for sustainable transport; innovation to improve access; and alignment of funding and expertise with the strategy’s mission.

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Rethinking Transport Assessments - A Research Proposal

The Transport Planning Society (TPS) has published a research proposal calling for investigation into Transport Assessments (TAs), which estimate travel demand and infrastructure needs for new developments. While the National Planning Policy Framework promotes vision-led planning, current evidence is limited, and highway authorities may still require unnecessary capacity increases. The proposal highlights gaps in trip generation, real-world impacts, and travel plan effectiveness, and TPS will hold a workshop to guide research and support sustainable, evidence-based planning.

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Implicit Bias in Planning Decisions - Recommendations

The Transport Planning Society (TPS) provided input on the Government’s proposed reforms to planning committees, highlighting the role of implicit bias, particularly the preference for car-based transport, or motornormality. TPS recommends mandatory councillor training to support balanced, inclusive decisions aligned with national goals on sustainability, decarbonisation, and healthy placemaking. Key recommendations include addressing subconscious car-centric bias, promoting vision-led planning, supporting inclusive decision-making, enabling critical evaluation of highways advice, and sharing best practice nationally.

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