Beachwood in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beachwood in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beachwood plotted against New Jersey and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Beachwood rose steadily, compared to New Jersey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Beachwood's incremental SNDi rose from 5.21 to 7.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beachwood ranked 4th out of 5 cities in New Jersey and 255th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.42
Rank in United States
324th of 333
Rank in New Jersey
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.06
Rank in United States
255th of 333
Rank in New Jersey
4th of 5

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
BeachwoodCatbaloganHagaribommanahalli

In new street additions, Beachwood and Hagaribommanahalli both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Catbalogan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Beachwood and Catbalogan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.