Table 1 Summary of changes between the original MAPS and MAPS-Global for each subscale
| Â | Items deleted for MAPS Global (examples) | Items added for MAPS Global | Modifications for MAPS Global |
|---|---|---|---|
Destinations & Land Use (DLU) | |||
Positive DLU | Big box store, health/social services, library/museum, post office, senior center, parking facilities, retirement/senior living facility, community garden | Trail, bicycle shop, open air market, bakery | Response scale increased from 2+ to 5+ as upper limit for all land uses except open air markets, strip malls, and shopping centers (shopping mall and shopping arcade combined into 1 item) |
Negative DLU | Warehouse, casino, abandoned building, unmaintained lot/field, med-large parking lot | Age-restricted bar/nightclub | None |
Items not in subscale | Non-residential buildings with parking lots between walkway and entrance, non-residential buildings adjacent to walkway | Pedestrian street or zone | None |
Streetscape Characteristics | |||
Positive streetscape | Posted speed limit, drainage ditches, drinking fountain, public phones | BRT, train, subway, tram/streetcar, tuktuk/auto rickshaw, bicycle share, hawkers/shops/carts | Modified number of driveways to be collected at the segment level |
Negative streetscape | Driveways/alleys, lack of street lights | None | None |
Items not in subscale | Senior transit, drainage ditches | None | None |
Aesthetics & Social Characteristics | |||
Positive aesthetics/social | Neighborhood watch signs, commercial signage | Natural bodies of water | None |
Negative aesthetics/social | Railroad tracks, extent social disorder, abandoned cars, | Dog fouling | Modified extent of graffiti and litter to include “dog fouling”; combined litter in yards and on street/sidewalk into 1 item |
Items not in subscale | Historic/cultural features, Beer/liquor bottles/cans | None | None |
Crossings/Intersections | |||
Positive crossing | Stop lines on road, one-way streets through crossing, audible walk signal, dedicated turn arrows | Crossing on an overpass, underpass or bridge, bicycle signal, tactile paving, bike box | None |
Negative crossing | Gutters, steep slope, temporary obstructions, poor visibility at corners | None | None |
Items not in subscale | Crosswalk timing, number of legs at intersection, poor condition of crossing surface | None | None |
Street Segments | |||
Positive segment | Building façade colors, building accent colors, building materials | Hawkers or shops, sidewalk or pedestrian street/zone obstructions, pedestrian bridge/overpass/tunnel, covered or air conditioned place to walk along the street or connecting buildings, quality of the bicycle lane/ zone | Modified number of traffic lanes to include pedestrian street; modified coverage of sidewalk/walkway to isolate trees (1 item) and overhangs/awnings (1 item); modified building height to collect shortest (1 item) and tallest (1 item) and upper limit increased from 11+ to 21+ stories; modified bicycle lane/zone with different options; modified street lights to specify for cars (1 item) and for pedestrians (1 item) |
Negative segment | Cross-slope, minor trip hazards, how much of segment at steepest level | Gates/walls/tall fences around properties | Modified sidewalk or pedestrian zone obstructions to isolate cars; slope estimated by sight rather than measured with an inclinometer |
Items not in subscale | Signs to discourage skateboard use, dead-end street | Type of segment: residential or commercial | None |
Cul-De-Sacs | |||
| Â | Diameter of cul-de-sac, slope, condition of pavement, island, parking | Soccer goals, outdoor fitness equipment, | None |