This video, produced in December 2011, demonstrates how Transperth encourages cycling. It provides information about access and restrictions on trains, buses and ferries and also shows parking options at stations.
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These Active Design Guidelines originate from New York City. The publication was released in 2010 and provides architects and urban designers with a manual of strategies for creating healthier buildings, streets, and urban spaces, based on the latest academic research and best practices in the field.
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In December 2011 the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) published a guide entitled 'Think Cycling!'. This short guide demonstrates how to make effective, low-cost investment in cycling and includes a series of good practice case studies.
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This brief report, written in December 2011 by the Cycling Embassy of Denmark, examines the construction of the first cycle street in Denmark. Cycle Streets have been developed in Germany and Holland. The idea is that all road users can use the street – but on the cyclists’ terms – and the road will be optimised in order to cater for cyclists and pedestrians, instead of the cars.
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This briefing report by the World Health Organisation in partnership with the Regional Office for the Western Pacific was released in December 2011. It illustrates transport's role in health, describes the challenges facing transport policy-makers and authorities, and identifies areas for potential collaboration between health and transport.
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This infographic by Jen Rhee was published in December 2011. It provides a visual and engaging representation of the personal health and economic benefits of active travel.
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This brief report by Erin Devine, Marcus Handmer, Karen Bedford, Chris Rissel and Emily Low was published in the December 2011 edition of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia. It reports on an innovative cycling program for mental health service consumers in the former Sydney South West Area Health Service. Overall, the pilot cycling program appears to have had a positive impact.
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This research report, released in November 2011, examines the results of a project which aimed to assess the comparative risk associated with exposure to traffic pollution when travelling via different transport modes in New Zealand cities. Concentrations of the key traffic-related pollutants were simultaneously monitored on pre-defined routes in Auckland and Christchurch during the morning and evening commute on people travelling by car, bus, bike and train from February to May 2009.
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This Streetfilms video, released in January 2012, features the transformative power of a Cyclovia.  The city of Guadalajara, Mexico, has a weekly event called Via RecreActiva, and in just seven years the event has gone from 11 to 65 kilometres in length with some 400,000 people coming out every Sunday to participate. 
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This research report by Chris Rissel and Li Ming Wen was published in the December 2011 edition of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia. The research examined the possible effect of repealing mandatory bicycle helmet legislation on the frequency of cycling in Sydney.
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The German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) produced this background paper for the 6th Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Delhi held in December 2011. The paper examines the consequences of increasing automobile use such as reduced air quality, road safety and economic loss and draws upon best practices from various cities.
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