Mililani in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mililani in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mililani plotted against Hawaii and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Mililani peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Hawaii which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Mililani's incremental SNDi fell from 6.65 to 6.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mililani ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Hawaii and 323rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.32
Rank in United States
309th of 333
Rank in Hawaii
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.09
Rank in United States
323rd of 333
Rank in Hawaii
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MililaniShambuTchamba

In new street additions, Mililani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Shambu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tchamba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.