Oceanside in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Oceanside in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OceansideCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oceanside plotted against California and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Oceanside peaked in 1976-1990, compared to California which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Oceanside's incremental SNDi fell from 5.42 to 5.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oceanside ranked 53rd out of 60 cities in California and 289th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.35
Rank in United States
275th of 333
Rank in California
56th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.61
Rank in United States
289th of 333
Rank in California
53rd of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OceansideMawza`Tekari

In new street additions, Oceanside built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Mawza` fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tekari built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Oceanside and Tekari both became progressively more disconnected, while Mawza` grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Oceanside and Mawza` have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.