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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Landsc Urban Plan. 2017 Jul 14;167:240–248. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.06.014

Table 1.

Agreement on route subscales between virtual raters with different familiarities of the environment (n=60)

Subscale Label Number
of
Items
Mean
(SD)
Virtual Toola
In-field Toolb
ICC
(95%
Confidence
Interval)
Range of
Item
Kappas or
ICCs (%
Agreement)
ICC Range of
Item Kappas
or ICCs (%
Agreement)
Land use and destination
Positive Subscale
ResMix Single family homes, apartment and condominiums, apartments above street retail 4 1.20 0.643 0.378–1.000 0.577 0.290–0.776
(0.65) (0.437–0.785) (87.0%–100.0%) (84.5%–98.9%)
Commercial-Shops Food-related land uses, retail and service-oriented land uses and shopping centers 10 2.48 0.881 0.196–0.796 0.873 0.407–0.842
(2.90) (0.795–0.932) (80.4%–100.0%) (87.6%–98.6%)
Commercial-Restaurants/Entertainment Food-related uses (fast food, sit-down, cafe), entertainment 4 1.59 0.877 0.407–0.877 0.842 0.765–0.796
(1.83) (0.789–0.930) (82.6%–91.3%) (87.6%–98.3%)
Institutional service -professional service Bank/Credit union, health-related professional, other services 3 1.87 0.829 0.503–0.628 0.849 0.743–0.808
(1.93) (0.712–0.902) (73.9%–78.3%) (81.3%–93.8%)
Institutional service -Religious, Schools Government or community land use, place of worship, school 2 0.15 0.630 0.543–1.000 0.717 0.712–0.722
(0.42) (0.418–0.775) (93.5%–100.0%) (90.7%–94.1%)
Government Service Health or social services, library/museums, post office, senior center 4 0.17 0.514 0.729–1.000 0.652 0.279–0.798
(0.26) (0.268–0.698) (95.7%–100.0%) (94.8%–99.7%)
Parking Structures (Positive) No parking facilities present, parallel/angled on-street parking 2 1.03 0.860 0.870–1.000 0.736 −0.011–0.689
(1.00) (0.761–0.920) (93.5%–97.8%) (89.7%–96.9%)
Recreational land use-Public recreation facilites Community garden, public indoor, public outdoor pay, public park 4 0.24 0.621 0.471–1.000 0.717 0.497–0.679
(0.46) (0.408–0.770) (82.6%–100.0%) (93.4%–99.3%)
Recreational land use-Private recreation facilites Private indoor, private outdoor 2 0.24 0.706 0.503–1.000 0.696 0.659–0.704
(0.54) (0.527–0.826) (89.1%) (96.8%–98.3%)
DLU Commercial (an interim subscale, may be used independently, but not included in overall scores) Sum of shops, restaurant/entertainment, and services subscales. Subscale created to reflect most common pedestrian destinations. Not included in overall positive subscale. 3 5.93 0.906 0.889
subscales (6.21) (0.838–0.947)
DLU Overall Positive Subscale Sum of subscales: residential mix, shops, restaurants/entertainment, services, government services, religious, school, positive parking, public recreation, and private recreation 10 8.86 0.880 0.855
subscales (6.29) (0.794–0.931)
Negative Subscale
DLU Overall Negtive Subscale Warehouse/factory/industrial, abandoned building, unmaintained lot/field, casino, large parking facilities 5 1.74 0.794 0.479–0.700 0.610 −0.029–0.659
(1.34) (0.657–0.880) (80.4%–100.0%) (76.2%–100%)
Overall
DLU_overall DLU Overall Positive Subscale Score minus 7.12 0.849 0.801
DLU Overall Negative Subscale Score (5.89) (0.743–0.913)
Streetscape
Positive Elements Subscale Transit stops, posted speed limit, pedestrian signage, street amenities (e.g., working telephone, trash bins) 18 3.10 0.616 0.375–0.789 0.741 0.395–0.838
(1.59) (0.401–0.767) (65.2%–100.0%) (57.4%–98.9%)
Negative Elements Subscale High speed limits, roll-over curbs, driveways 5 2.09 0.685 0.433–0.814 0.742 0.433–0.814
(0.98) (0.497–0.812) (80.4%–95.8%) (76.3%–95.8%)
Overall Streetscape Score Positive Streetscape Elements Subscale Score minus Negative Streetscape Elements Subscale Score 1.01 0.644 0.762
(2.09) (0.438–0.785)
Aesthetics and Social
Positive Aesthetics and Social Subscale Public art, landscaping maintenance 5 2.15 0.485 0.292–0.457 0.632 0.391–0.689
(0.97) (0.231–0.677) (61.0%–91.3%) (61.0%–91.0%)
Negative Aesthetics and Social Subscale Graffiti, physical disorder, broken windows 3 0.38 0.409 0.188–0.483 0.514 0.088–0.665
(0.75) (0.140–0.623) (71.3%–95.7%) (68.6%–100%)
Overall Aesthetics and Social Subscale Positive Aesthetics and Social Subscale Score minus Negative Aesthetics and Social Subscale Score 1.77 0.563 0.580
(1.33) (0.331–0.731)
Overall
Total Route Score Sum of three over scores 9.90 0.832 0.816
(7.21) (0.717–0.903)
a

Measured by Google Earth between virtual raters with different familiarities of the environment.

b

Measured in-field between raters with same familiarity of the environment (Millstain RA, Cain KL, Sallis JF, et al. Development, scoring, and reliability of the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS). BMC Public Health. 2013 Apr 27;13:403.).