Fair Oaks in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fair Oaks in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fair OaksGeorgia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fair Oaks plotted against Georgia and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Fair Oaks rose steadily, compared to Georgia which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Fair Oaks's incremental SNDi rose from 5.86 to 6.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fair Oaks ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Georgia and 302nd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.0
Rank in United States
299th of 333
Rank in Georgia
3rd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in United States
302nd of 333
Rank in Georgia
3rd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fair OaksBulbulchandiConcepcion

In new street additions, Fair Oaks and Concepción both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bulbulchandi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Fair Oaks and Bulbulchandi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.