Kalamazoo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kalamazoo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kalamazoo plotted against Michigan and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Kalamazoo followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Michigan which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Kalamazoo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 4.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kalamazoo ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Michigan and 80th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.82
- Rank in United States
- 238th of 333
- Rank in Michigan
- 6th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.44
- Rank in United States
- 80th of 333
- Rank in Michigan
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kalamazoo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jakhim fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Phulbani built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kalamazoo and Phulbani both became progressively more disconnected, while Jakhim became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Kalamazoo had a more sprawly network than Phulbani in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.