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Table 3 Participants’ environmental perceptions of their own street

From: Street characteristics preferred for transportation walking among older adults: a choice-based conjoint analysis with manipulated photographs

Sidewalk presence (%)

74.1

Sidewalk evenness (%)a

 

 Very uneven

12.1

 Slightly uneven

42.1

 Even

45.8

Separation from traffic (%)a

 

 No cycling path, separation from traffic by a curb

59.1

 No cycling path, real separation from traffic (parked cars, shrub…)

13.5

 Sidewalk separated from cycling path by a curb

10.0

 Sidewalk separated from cycling path by color

10.4

 Sidewalk separated from cycling path by real separation (parked cars, shrub…)

7.0

 Obstacle (% without obstacle on the sidewalk)a

55.8

Traffic volume (%)

 

 Heavy traffic

25.6

 Medium traffic

37.7

 Light traffic

36.7

Speed limit (%)

 

 90 km/h

0.9

 70 km/h

8.7

 50 km/h

62.0

 30 km/h

28.5

Presence of traffic calming (% with traffic calming)

30.9

Overall upkeep (%)

 

 Not clean at all

7.5

 Moderately clean

29.6

 Very clean

62.9

Vegetation (%)

 

 No vegetation

18.7

 Some vegetation

32.7

 A lot of vegetation

48.6

Presence of bench (% with bench)

17.5

  1. aPercentages calculated for streets where a sidewalk is present