Pleasanton in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pleasanton 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
PleasantonCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pleasanton plotted against California and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Pleasanton fell steadily, compared to California which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Pleasanton's incremental SNDi fell from 3.8 to 3.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pleasanton ranked 40th out of 60 cities in California and 254th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in United States
83rd of 333
Rank in California
9th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.06
Rank in United States
254th of 333
Rank in California
40th of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PleasantonPutturKhanna

In new street additions, Pleasanton built increasingly connected streets over time, while Puttur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Khanna built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Puttur and Khanna both became progressively more disconnected, while Pleasanton became progressively more connected. Notably, Pleasanton had a more sprawly network than Puttur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.