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Category: Research

  • Research topics for students and academics

    Research topics for students and academics

    19 January 2026

    Some examples of the research questions we would like answered.

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    Posted in: News, Research
  • Help us visit new towns: old and new

    Help us visit new towns: old and new

    12 January 2026

    What is being built in 2026? We want to find out. This year, we will focus on new towns, both proposed and already existing. What worked? What didn’t? What can we tell about the locations selected for the proposed new towns? Are they car dependent transport deserts or do they have the potential to be

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    Posted in: Active travel, Buses, Climate change, Cycling, New towns, News, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Research, Trams, Walking, What is being built in 2026?, Wheeling
  • Where are the delightful walkable places?

    Where are the delightful walkable places?

    31 March 2025

    Explore the walking theme from our recent report.

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    Posted in: Climate change, Cycling, Design, News, Research, Walking, What is being built in 2025?
  • Three recommendations for planning reform

    Three recommendations for planning reform

    14 March 2025

    Based on our most recent report we suggest three changes.

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    Posted in: Design, News, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Research, What is being built in 2025?, What is being built?
  • Housing targets direct new homes to public transport deserts

    Housing targets direct new homes to public transport deserts

    21 November 2024

    Car dependency is caused by a system that puts houses in unsustainable location.

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    Posted in: Buses, News, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Research, Walking
  • Call for volunteers

    Call for volunteers

    27 November 2023

    We are calling for volunteers to visit sites around England as part of the fieldwork for our research.

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    Posted in: News, Research, Volunteers
  • New “cowpat” housing developments are adding to traffic congestion and locking communities into car-dependency

    New “cowpat” housing developments are adding to traffic congestion and locking communities into car-dependency

    7 February 2022

    PRESS RELEASE: New research has found that greenfield housing estates are adding hundreds of thousands of new car journeys to our roads, increasing congestion, carbon emissions and air pollution.

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    Posted in: Buses, Climate change, Cycling, Design, Media and press, News, Parking, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Research, Trams, Walking
  • Forced into car-dependence: report reveals new housing with scant public transport and nowhere to walk to

    Forced into car-dependence: report reveals new housing with scant public transport and nowhere to walk to

    24 October 2018

    PRESS RELEASE: A report by Transport for New Homes has revealed deep flaws in the planning system which leave new housing developments with inadequate walking, cycling and public transport connections to surrounding areas. With limited facilities locally, residents are for the most part forced into car-dependency. 

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    Posted in: Active travel, Buses, Cycling, Media and press, News, Parking, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Research, Trams, Transport for New Homes, Walking, Wheeling

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