In August 2012 the South Australian Active Living Coalition published 'Streets for People'. The Compendium of South Australian Practice aims to assist professionals and authorities grappling with the dilemmas of creating people-friendly streets while meeting the requirements of national standards and regulations applicable to streets and roads.
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The UK Department for Transport published Shared Use Routes for Pedestrians and Cyclists in September 2012. Shared use routes are designed to accommodate the movement of pedestrians and cyclists. Shared use schemes require careful consideration and this Local Transport Note provides advice on their planning, design and provision.
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In July 2012 the Danish Cancer Society produced a guide focusing on infrastructure and strategic interventions to make cycling the healthiest, safest and easiest mode of transport to and from school. The guide provides examples of ideas for structural measures that promote active transport to and from school. Safe school roads is a critical prerequisite for enabling more children to travel alone to and from school.
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In August 2012 the UK Department for Transport published a Cycle-Rail Toolkit to help train operators make it easier for people to combine cycling with rail travel. The toolkit, developed by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), provides guidance on cycle and rail integration for train operating companies.
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Look Before Opening is an initiative to change driver habits by reminding them to double check for bikes before they open the car door. The campaign provides free stickers to be placed on car windows and mirrors as a reminder to drivers and passengers to look for cyclists before opening the vehicle door. By June 2012, 16,000 stickers had been distributed.
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This report, by Professor Fred Wegman, was released in June 2012 as part of the Adelaide thinkers in residence program. Driving down the road toll by building a Safe System, provides a comprehensive list of recommendations to guide road safety policy in South Australia. The report contains specific recommendations relating to cyclists.
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In September 2012 the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released three reports Hospital separations due to injury and poisoning, Australia for 2008-09, 2007-08 and 2006-07. The reports provide data about injuries resulting in admission to Australian hospitals. In 2008-09 the second most common cause of hospitalised injury was transport accidents. The majority of pedal cycle accidents occurred to young children aged 0–14. Males had four times as many pedal cycle accidents as females.
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In August 2012 New Zealand's Ministry for Transport published Cyclist Crash Facts 2011. The report contains cyclist crash statistics for the year ended 31 December 2010. It includes information about fatalities, injuries and crash types.
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In September 2012 the Cycling Promotion Fund recreated a world-renowned photograph taken more than 20 years ago to demonstrate the advantages of bus and bicycle travel in congested cities. The captured image shows the typical space occupied in a city street by three common modes of transport—cars, bicycles and a bus—and is being made available free of charge to organisations, group and individuals to help promote the efficiency of public transport and cycling in congested cities.
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This advertising campaign, Bike Like a New Yorker, launched in New York City in August 2012. The billboard and print campaign was developed for Transportation Alternatives by the agency Mother NY. The campaign targets drivers and riders calling attention to cyclists in the city.
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In June 2012 Transport for London published five videos profiling London bicycle riders. The videos form part of the 'Catch Up with the Bicycle' behaviour change campaign which encourages Londoners to use bicycles for transport.
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The first National Women's Bicycling Summit was held in September 2012 in Long Beach, California. The Summit provided opportunities to network, share best practices and develop action steps to get more women riding. The goal: By 2025, 50 percent of U.S. cyclists will be women.
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This report, published by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute in September 2012, examines the methods used to evaluate traffic congestion costs and the benefits of various congestion reduction strategies.  It describes biases in current congestion evaluation practices and proposes a more comprehensive evaluation framework.
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This report, published by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute in March 2012, discusses the importance of incorporating social equity and environmental justice objectives into transport policy and planning analysis. It recommends a more systematic and comprehensive framework for social equity impact analysis.
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The NSW Bicycle Info website now has a page which displays the number of cycle movements at automatic counter locations throughout the Sydney metropolitan area. The results are shown from 2007 to 2011.
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