Table 4.

Attitudes toward street trees by type of tree program.^{^z}

Statements about street trees		Type of program
Statements about street trees	Sustained	Developing	Undeveloped
Benefits of street trees outweigh any problems they cause^**	76	60	49
Ordinance is needed to regulate maintenance and removal of street trees^*	74	68	58
Benefits of street trees outweigh maintenance costs^**	71	59	46
Municipal budget should support planting, maintenance, and removal of street trees^*	62	52	39
Inspections for hazardous street trees would reduce municipal liability^*	61	45	43
Officials need more information about benefits of street trees to a municipality^*	52	59	69
Residents of our municipality consider tree maintenance a high priority^**	27	21	8
Residents would be willing pay higher taxes for better tree care^**	9	7	3
Number of respondents	168–170	134–139	191–202