Mesa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mesa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mesa plotted against Arizona and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Mesa was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Arizona which peaked in 1991-2005 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Mesa's incremental SNDi rose from 3.82 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mesa ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Arizona and 189th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.82
- Rank in United States
- 119th of 333
- Rank in Arizona
- 4th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.43
- Rank in United States
- 189th of 333
- Rank in Arizona
- 5th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Mesa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Johor Bahru fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Anshan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Johor Bahru and Anshan both became progressively more disconnected, while Mesa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.