Table 2.

Municipal officials’ perceived importance of day-to-day job responsibilities, resident support, and barriers, (N=461)

Variable	Mean (SD)
Perceived importance*
Economic development/revitalization	3.03 (1.02)
Energy conservation/climate change	2.22 (1.07)
Needs of vulnerable populations	2.81 (1.02)
Traffic congestion	2.30 (1.20)
Traffic safety	2.51 (1.23)
Livability/smart growth	2.81 (0.97)
Public health	2.61 (1.10)
Physical activity	2.38 (1.20)
Air quality	2.37 (1.40)
Perceived resident support†
Economic development/revitalization	2.94 (0.78)
Energy conservation/climate change	2.14 (0.91)
Needs of vulnerable populations	2.53 (0.79)
Traffic congestion	2.81 (0.94)
Traffic safety	2.88 (0.86)
Livability/smart growth	2.26 (0.94)
Public health	2.40 (0.85)
Physical activity	2.18 (0.86)
Air quality	2.20 (0.90)
Perceived barriers‡
Limited staff	1.54 (1.12)
Opposition from the business community	1.31 (1.08)
Opposition from residents	1.26 (0.97)
Lack of collaboration among departments	1.32 (1.13)
Lack of political will	1.77 (1.21)

^*Participants were asked to rate how important specific built environment issues were in their day-to-day job responsibilities, scores range from 0–4 where 0 is not at all important and 4 is extremely important.

^†Participants were asked to rate how supportive residents in their community were of local government action to address specific built environment issues, scores range from 0–4 where 0 is not at all supportive and 4 is extremely supportive.

^‡Participants were asked to report the extent to which these barriers prevented physical activity from being considered in decision making about community design and layout, scores range from 0–4 where 0 is not at all and 4 is extremely.