Background: A consistent body of research has shown that the neighborhood food environment is associated with fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption and obesity in deprived neighborhoods in the United States. However, these studies have often neglected to consider how transportation can moderate associations between food accessibility and diet-related outcomes. Objective: This study examined associations between distance to primary food store, fruit and vegetable consumption, and BMI...

The purpose of this research is to examine if the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is a better alternative form of public transportation than the proposed LRT solution.

A new method of creating continuous thrust is demonstrated and explained. The device was designed and tested with the latest CAD software, the data set from which was then used to produce a physical, proof of concept, model that was then subjected to load cell testing to show and measure the thrust generated (4 axis -Test videos and results available upon request.), and was also given a real world test that is shown in the video that gives clear visual proof of its ability. This video...

Conformation of Americans to their vehicles has caused a great amount of congestion and problems in the urban infrastructure, in which New Urbanism claims to relieve. This project questions the effectiveness of New Urbanist theories and presents a realistic understanding of transit oriented development in relationship with the American lifestyle.

Promoting Pedestrian Mobility and Public Transit in an Automobile- Dependent Community

A typical morning commute in Shanghai, China

From your local bus route to international air travel, infectious diseases can spread across the globe in a matter of hours. In this video podcast episode filmed at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C., Stephen Eubank from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute of Virginia Tech and Daniel Lucey from Georgetown University discuss the role of transportation in the spread of disease and examine the effectiveness of various measures to curb transmission. Stephen Eubank, Ph.D., is a...