We sometimes get asked for research questions we would be interested in having answered by student dissertations and academic research. Here are some examples of the questions we would like answered:

• Why is it so difficult to get new stations open on the railway network to coincide with new homes? What needs to change?
• Why do tram systems only get built in the most exceptional circumstances?
• What level of public transport is needed from day one of housing occupation to prevent car dependency?
• Is there a optimal density to prevent car dependency?
• Where are new homes being built with sustainable transport and why are they succeeding?
• How equitable are new housing estates and who is excluded by design?
• How much of the outcome of transport and new homes is down to the planning system? Are other factors having more of an impact?
• International comparisons.