Palm Springs in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Palm Springs in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Palm SpringsCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Palm Springs plotted against California and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Palm Springs followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to California which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Palm Springs's incremental SNDi rose from 2.71 to 3.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Palm Springs ranked 10th out of 60 cities in California and 148th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.86
Rank in United States
127th of 333
Rank in California
18th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.08
Rank in United States
148th of 333
Rank in California
10th of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Palm SpringsTiraIdhna

In new street additions, Palm Springs fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tira fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Idhna built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Palm Springs fluctuated in connectivity, while Tira became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Idhna became progressively more disconnected. Palm Springs and Tira have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.