title: Public support for street-scale urban design practices and policies to increase physical activity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Street-scale urban design policies are recommended to increase physical activity in communities. Our purpose was to examine U.S. public support for local street-scale urban design features and policies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis is based on a cross-sectional national sample of adults (n = 4682) participating in the 2006 HealthStyles mail survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  About 57% of adults rated local street-scale urban design as highly important in determining the amount of physical activity they obtain. Adjusted odds of rating neighborhood features as having high importance were higher in people aged ≥65 years versus those <65 and minority racial/ethnic groups versus non-Hispanic whites. Two-thirds of adults were willing to take civic action to support local street-scale urban design policy. Adjusted odds of being willing to take any action versus none was higher in non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics versus non-Hispanic whites, was higher in those with household incomes ≥$60,000 versus ≤$15,000 per year, and increased as education and perceived importance of neighborhood features increased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are high levels of public support for local street-scale urban design policies; however, demographic differences exist in the level of support. These differences are important considerations for policymakers and for those designing community programs targeting street-scale urban design features and policies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Roxanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guide
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Latetia V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Danielle T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Barradas
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fulton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002958:City Planning; D003710:Demography; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D011640:Public Policy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires