Research Reports
The ITC is best known for its major research projects which have helped to inform and shape policy in the fields of land use and planning. You can find a copy of all our research reports, organised by date, below for downloading.
2024
The longer-term impacts of the Pandemic on Transport and Land Use in Britain
ITC Research Report (March 2024)
2022
Achieving zero net carbon transport in our cities
Key issues for policy makers
ITC Research Report (October 2022)
2021
The Covid19 pandemic, transport and land use in Britain
Key strategic issues for policy makers
ITC Research Report (September 2021)
Full Text (PDF, 1 MB)
Why Travel? Understanding our need to move and how it shapes society
Bristol University Press (July 2021)
To order your copy please click on this weblink from Bristol University Press.
2020
The shape of changing Bus demand in England
ITC Research Report (January 2020)
2018
Wider Factors affecting the long-term growth in Rail Travel
ITC Research Report (November 2018)
Technical Appendices to the report (PDF, 1.4MB)
Working Document: What is the contribution of peak and off-peak travel to the urban economy?
Call for Evidence response (September 2018)
Full Text (PDF, 6 MB)
2017
The Strategic Challenges facing UK aviation: assessing the future of air connectivity
ITC Research Report (November 2017)
How can we improve urban freight distribution in the UK? Challenges and solutions
ITC Research Report (May 2017)
Classic Rail and Connected Cities: Capturing the benefits from rail system development
ITC Research Report (April 2017)
Full Text (PDF, 2.1 MB)
2016
Recent trends in road and rail travel: What do they tell us?
On the Move 2 (1995-2014): Overview and policy analysis
ITC Policy Paper (December 2016)
Full Text (PDF, 618 KB)
(read in conjunction with Technical Report below)
On the Move 2 – Making sense of travel trends in England 1995-2014: Technical Report
Peter Headicar and Gordon Stokes (December 2016)
Full Text (PDF, 1.9 MB)
(read in conjunction with Policy Analysis above)
High Speed Rail and Connected Cities: Accessible Places for Growing Economies
ITC Research report (May 2016)
Full Text (PDF, 7 MB)
The sustainability of UK Aviation: Trends in the mitigation of noise and emissions
Peter Hind and RDC Aviation Ltd (March 2016)
Full Text (PDF, 1.61 MB)
Paying for Roads and Road Use, Phase 2: Attitudinal Research Report
Social Research Associates (Updated March 2016)
Full Text (PDF, 4.88 MB)
*please note that much of the data collected for this report was collected in 2014
2015
On the Move: Exploring attitudes to road and rail travel in Britain
Social Research Associates (July 2015)
Full Text (4MB)
Time to Act: The economic consequences of failing to expand airport capacity
Dr Rebecca Driver (June 2015)
Full text (PDF, 786KB)
Delivering improved airport capacity: The cost and impact of the Airports Commission’s shortlisted options
Peter Hind (February 2015)
Full text (PDF, 1.19MB)
2014
Ambitions and Opportunities
Understanding the Spatial Effects of High Speed Rail (November 2014)
Full text (PDF, 15.4MB)
Surface Connectivity: assessing the merits of the Airports Commission’s options for UK aviation
Dr T Ryley and Dr A Zanni (October 2014)
Full Text (PDF, 0.8MB)
Improving the efficiency of UK freight movements
The contribution to economic growth (July 2014)
Full Text (PDF, 1MB)
Capturing the Value of High Speed Rail
Learning from Europe: The Lille Symposium (March 2014)
Full Text (PDF, 7.5 MB)
Aviation: the optimal size of a UK Hub airport
Peter Hind (February 2014)
Full Text (PDF, 1.5 MB)
2013
The Spatial Effects of High Speed Rail: Capturing the Opportunity
Study Paper (October 2013)
Full Text (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Van Travel in Great Britain
What do we know from the National Travel Survey? (October 2013)
Full Text (PDF, 635 KB)
On the Move
Car, rail and bus travel trends in Scotland (June 2013)
Full Text (PDF, 9.1MB)
Flying into the Future
Key issues for assessing Britain’s Aviation infrastructure needs (May 2013)
Full Text (PDF, 2.2 MB)
Understanding Changes in Road and Rail Travel
Attitudinal Research Pilot Study (February 2013)
Full Text (PDF, 156 KB)
The European Experience of Motorway Vignette Schemes for Cars
Paying for Roads: What is the way forward? (Supplementary Paper, January 2013)
Full text (1.7MB)
2002-2012
Please follow this link to see our research reports from 2002-2012