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PAPER COMPETITION


2010 APA TPD Student Paper Competition Starts!!

For detail, please download the instruction below:

2010 Student Papaer Competition paper call
General guidelines for submission

The deadline for receipt of the papers is Friday, February 19, 2010. No late papers will be accepted.


2009 APA-TPD Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

“Ridership and Development Density: Evidence from Washington, D.C.,” by Lilly Shoup, the University of Maryland at College Park.

Second Prize

Complete Streets: A New Political Tool for Non-Motorized Transportation,” by Fay Cleaveland, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN.


2008 APA-TPD Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

Congestion Pricing on Doyle Drive,” by Laura Stonehill, at the University of California, Berkeley.

Second Prize

Analysis and Future Direction of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy,” by Philbert Wong, at the University of Southern California.

Honorable Mention

The Elusive Connection between Density and Transit Use,” by Steve Hands, at the University of Illinois, Chicago.


2007 APA-TPD Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

Structured and Spontaneous: Informal and Formal Influences on Traffic Safety in Ha Noi, Viet Nam,” by Wendy Tao, at the University of California, Berkeley.

Second Prize

"Transportation Implications of “Towne Centre” Redevelopment in Hunt Valley, MD" by Heather Strassberger, at Rutgers University.

Honorable Mention

  • "Spatial Methodology for Assessing the Distribution of Transportation Impacts Using an Environmental Justice Framework" by Nicholas Klein, at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • "SAFETEA-LU Earmarks in Minnesota: A Rural Advantage Minnesota’s Other Growing Pork Industry" by Michael Smart, a former University of Pennsylvania student and now a Ph.D student at the University of California, Los Angeles.