The THSG was founded in the late 1980s by Dr. Stephen Morton as the Transport and Health Study Group.
The THSG began as an academic study group arranging regular seminars to discuss particular aspects of the relationship between transport and health and became the public health voice of a campaign for better transport policies. The THSG established a network of transport and health contacts in health authorities and has produced guidance on health impact assessment of transport schemes.
This work began with the THSG publication Health on the Move in 1991, published by the Publis Health Alliance. This was the first definitive account of the relationship between transport and health, followed by contributions to “Road Transport and Health” by the British Medical Association.
Health on the Move 2 was published in 2011. It provides a scientific and policy account of transport and health.
Health on the Move 3 was published in 2024 by Elsevier, together with a special issue in the Journal of Transport and Health (Health on the Move – the Review Summaries)