Table 4 Characteristics of shortest walking routes compared to characteristics of actual walking routes
Mean and ± SD or Median and interquartile range (25–75) | 95 % confidence interval | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shortest GIS-Route | Actual GPS-Route | OR | Lower | Upper | |||
Length of route (meter) | 382.8 | (270.8–579.4) | 390.0 | (248.8–606.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Land-use | |||||||
Entropy | 0.40 | (0.26–0.56) | 0.38 | (0.17–0.55) | 0.11 | 0.00 | 3.78 |
Commercial area (%) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 1.23 | 0.41 | 3.65 |
Residential area (%) | 88.9 | (82.5–95.4) | 90.3 | (81.8–97.5) | 1.03 | 0.95 | 1.11 |
Recreational area (%) | 2.1 | (2.1–11.6) | 5.3 | (0.0–12.4) | 1.07 | 0.97 | 1.19 |
Traffic area (%) | 0.0 | (0.0–8.5) | 0.0 | (0.0–5.5) | 0.76 | 0.6 | 0.96 |
Residents (n per km) | 77.2 | 57.2–94.5) | 71.3 | (59.3–93.5) | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.02 |
Aesthetics | |||||||
% Green along route | 38.7 | (18.3–52.9) | 43.9 | (19.2–62.6) | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.03 |
% Water along route | 12.8 | (0.0–42.2) | 20.1 | (0.0–46.8) | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.07 |
Trees (n per km) | 147.5 | (118.3–179.1) | 156.3 | (122.1–197.2) | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
Traffic | |||||||
Traffic lights (n per km) | 0.00 | (0.0–0.0) | 0.00 | (0.0–0.0) | 1.23 | 0.95 | 1.61 |
Street lights (n per km) | 70.0 | (59.4–94.8) | 65.8 | (50.6–84.8) | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.99 |
Street bumps (n per km) | 7.7 | (1.7–14.6) | 6.4 | (0.0–14.9) | 0.98 | 0.9 | 1.07 |
Accidents (n per km) | 1.6 | (0.0–3.3) | 0.0 | (0.0–2.5) | 0.95 | 0.77 | 1.16 |
Zebra crossings (n per km) | 1.7 | (0.0–3.6) | 0.0 | (0.0–2.9) | 0.55 | 0.35 | 0.87 |
Junctions (n per km) | 37.8 | ±13.2 | 37.1 | ±16.4 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.03 |
% Sidewalk along route | 98.9 | (95.5–99.9) | 93.7 | (77.2–100.0) | 0.94 | 0.90 | 0.98 |
Type of Street | |||||||
Main Road (%) | 0.0 | (0.0–16.9) | 0.0 | (0.0–12.7) | 1.00 | 0.94 | 1.05 |
Residential Street (%) | 44.0 | ±14.9 | 49.8 | ±19.0 | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.08 |
Cycling path (%) | 10.4 | (10.4–26.8) | 12.4 | (0.0–30.2) | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.04 |
Pedestrian path (%) | 30.0 | (20.4–41.0) | 24.6 | (15.3–38.2) | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.98 |