Table 2 MAPS section descriptions

Route

•Approximately ¼ mile from a participant’s home toward a predetermined destination.

•Included components of land use and destinations, streetscape, aesthetics and social environment

•Consisted of varying numbers of segments and crossings within the ¼ mile.

Segment

•A section of a street between two crossings.

•If street name changed, a new segment started.

•There were up to 8 segments per route.

Crossing

•A crossing occurred when the rater went through an intersection, whether a pedestrian crossing existed or not.

•There were up to five crossings per route.

Cul-de-sac

•A cul-de-sac or dead-end street had to be within 400 feet of a participant’s home.

•The cul-de-sac was usually (but not always) the dead-end part of the participant’s street.

•There were up to two cul-de-sacs per route.