Abstract: Transportation takes an important part in economy, its impact on regional land use change has not yet drawn enough attention. Based on lots of literature, this paper reviews the influence of road transportation systems, including motorways, common highways, urban rail transits and railways on regional land use change. The investigation shows that the current research directions mainly focus on the influence of road on regional land use change. The investigation also find that road transportation systems could enhance accessibility and affect the land use change in surrounding areas, based on the rank of the road, the distance from road, the original land use types and so on. Compared to open road systems, closed road systems including motorways, city rails and railways, the influence on surrounding land use is realized through spots such as entrance and stations and then expanded along the road systems. In terms of researching methods, Chinese scholars prefer qualitative analysis, while scientists abroad tend to adopt model analysis. Taking buffer analysis into consideration, which is now a widely used method in this field, it requires scientific improvement in the determination of buffer zones. on top of that, the final parts of the essay suggests that further attention should be paid on special nodes and areas, method improvement and comprehensive modeling.