Lakewood Township in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lakewood Township in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Lakewood TownshipNew Jersey (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lakewood Township plotted against New Jersey and United States. While New Jersey and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Lakewood Township's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Lakewood Township's incremental SNDi fell from 4.5 to 4.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lakewood Township ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in New Jersey and 209th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.35
Rank in United States
192nd of 333
Rank in New Jersey
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.57
Rank in United States
209th of 333
Rank in New Jersey
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Lakewood TownshipMaweiChangliu

In new street additions, Lakewood Township and Changliu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mawei built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Lakewood Township and Mawei both became progressively more disconnected, while Changliu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Lakewood Township and Changliu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.