Table 2.

Neighborhood built environment (BE) variables in the Moving to Health research strategy.

Variable Domain	Built environment variable, measures and data sources
Variables related to environments that support utilitarian or recreational PA
Neighborhood composition	Residential density (count of residential units/km2) from KC GIS and KC Assessor
	Employment density (count jobs/km2) from Dept. of Labor statistics
Topography	Terrain slope (% area >5% slope) from digital terrain models
Transportation system	Street density (km/km2) from KC GIS transportation roadway data
	Intersection density (count/km2) from KC GIS transportation roadway data
	Sidewalk coverage (sidewalk length; as percent of street length) from UW-UFL data
	Transit stop density (count/km2) from KC Metro
	Bus ridership per stop (count/km2) from KC Metro
	Traffic volume (length of street) from Puget Sound Regional Council
Social and recreation environment	Public parks, (count, % area) from UW-UFL data
	Trails (km/km2) from KC GIS
	Density/distance to fitness centers, playgrounds, swimming areas from InfoUSA, KC GIS
	Densities/distances to community centers from KC GIS
Neighborhood services	Densities/distances to stores & neighborhood shopping centers from KC GIS and InfoUSA
	Densities/distances to medical facilities (hospitals, clinics, HMO sites) from KC GIS
Variables related to environmental food sources
Food environment	Densities/distance to supermarkets, grocery stores, farmers’ markets from UW-UFL/KC GIS
	Densities/distance to convenience stores from UW-UFL and KC GIS
	Densities/distance to full service, fast food, quick service restaurants from UW-UFL/KC GIS