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PAPER COMPETITION


2010 APA-TPD Student Paper Competition Results (Updated on 3/17/2010)

First Prize

White Flint: Intense Transit Oriented Development for the Suburbs,” by Seth Morgan, the Florida State University.

Second Prize

A Methodology for Estimating Rideshare Market Potential, using the MIT Campus as a Case,” by Andrew Amey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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.