Abstract
This paper aims to review the transport planning system in England and to discuss its implication to Japan. Recently many new transport policies have been introduced into England since the New Labor Party headed by Prime Minister Blair started in 1997. For instance, the transport planning in regions is one of the most important issues in the new transport policy, because the regionalism is a key trend in terms of decentralization of the United Kingdom. We review the present England's transport planning system and analyze their strong and weak points. Then, we discuss how Japan's transport system should be in the context of revision of the national plannins system.
