Asbury Park in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Asbury Park in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Asbury ParkNew Jersey (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Asbury Park plotted against New Jersey and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Asbury Park followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to New Jersey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Asbury Park's incremental SNDi rose from 3.71 to 3.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Asbury Park ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in New Jersey and 52nd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.98
Rank in United States
144th of 333
Rank in New Jersey
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in United States
52nd of 333
Rank in New Jersey
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Asbury ParkBlantyreQalat Saleh

In new street additions, Asbury Park fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Blantyre built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Qalat Saleh built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Asbury Park and Blantyre both became progressively more disconnected, while Qalat Saleh grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Asbury Park and Qalat Saleh have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.