Jessica Schoner just received an honorable mention from APA’s Transportation Planning Division for her paper (which was a class term paper (technically 2 term papers), not a thesis or dissertation!): Shifting Gears: A cross-regional analysis of bicycle facility networks and ridership. A Reviewer said: “Of all the years doing this contest this is by far the best on bicycling I’ve seen.” If you care about network structure, or about travel behavior, or about bicycles, read it.