Abstarct: Since the beginning of metropolitans' formation, the issue of transportation across the city has been a principal concern of municipal managers. On the other hand, limited traffic capacity of streets, has led urban planning to use the available space beneath urban areas. However, the underground transport system such as metro is the perfect solution for traffic and air pollution in the metropolitans, if we are sure about the safety aspects; and the most important part is the tunnel safety. Ensuring that no collapse during and after the construction of tunnel and inappropriate deformation of surface structures is among the main objectives of tunnel designers. Therefore, recognize the interaction between the tunnel, soil and surface structures is very important and should be considered. In this survey, we study these behaviors and identify a number of impact factors. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the tunneling effect on the strip footings behavior. To achieve this objective, the research conducted by other researchers in the field was reviewed. Most of the studies have been performed using numerical simulations and finite element software. In a few cases, numerical model results were verified by comparing with actual results of drilled tunnel measurements. Previous studies only evaluate spread or single strip footings settlement and have not done a comparison between models of soil behaviors. Hence, in this study we evaluate three strips footings settlement, relative settlements between strips, amount and settlement change rate in two behavior models: Mohr-Coulomb & Hardening soil. Considering the pros and cons of different ways and available facilities, Numerical simulation method using finite element software PLAXIS 2D ver. 8.5 have selected for this study. With the help of numerical models, changes in various characteristics of the tunnel, the soil around the tunnel and footing examined. This study evaluates the effect of six important parameters on the strip footings and compares them in sandy and clay soils. These six parameters are: soil behavior model, position of the tunnel, tunnel diameter, distance between strips in the strip footings, strips width and load on the footing. The results show that increasing width of the strips and the distance between them, increase relative settlement between strips. Also increasing tunnel depth until the certain amount impact on the settlement quantities and after that the settlement beneath the footing reaches a constant value.