Natoma Station in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Natoma Station in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Natoma StationCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Natoma Station plotted against California and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Natoma Station peaked in 1976-1990, compared to California which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Natoma Station's incremental SNDi fell from 4.09 to 3.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Natoma Station ranked 39th out of 60 cities in California and 250th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.79
Rank in United States
115th of 333
Rank in California
16th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.02
Rank in United States
250th of 333
Rank in California
39th of 60

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Natoma StationJiaowei13-i mikroraion

In new street additions, Natoma Station and Jiaowei both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while 13-й микрорайон fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Natoma Station and 13-й микрорайон both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Jiaowei grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Natoma Station had a more sprawly network than Jiaowei in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.