Thousand Oaks in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Thousand Oaks in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Thousand Oaks plotted against California and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Thousand Oaks 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, Thousand Oaks's incremental SNDi rose from 5.06 to 6.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Thousand Oaks ranked 52nd out of 60 cities in California and 287th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.88
- Rank in United States
- 319th of 333
- Rank in California
- 59th of 60
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.57
- Rank in United States
- 287th of 333
- Rank in California
- 52nd of 60
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Thousand Oaks and Chigorodó both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lautoka built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Thousand Oaks and Lautoka both became progressively more disconnected, while Chigorodó fluctuated in connectivity. Thousand Oaks and Lautoka have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.