With the need of the sustainable development and the development of environmental management,the DPSIR(Drivers-Pressures-Impacts-Pesponses)framework and the basic principles of indicator systems for SEA is analyzed,and the method for establishing the indicator systems for SEA of transport planning were studied.Taking the environmental impact assessment for transport planning in city of China as an example,available indicator sets which represent five aspects of the DPSIR framework were established.