Point Pleasant in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Point Pleasant in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Point Pleasant plotted against New Jersey and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Point Pleasant peaked in 1976-1990, compared to New Jersey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Point Pleasant's incremental SNDi fell from 6.06 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Point Pleasant ranked 5th out of 5 cities in New Jersey and 293rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.5
- Rank in United States
- 215th of 333
- Rank in New Jersey
- 4th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.72
- Rank in United States
- 293rd of 333
- Rank in New Jersey
- 5th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kadiyam, India
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russia
- Wokha, India
- Andalyp, Turkmenistan
- Kopeysk, Russia
- Amber, India
In new street additions, Point Pleasant built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kadiyam built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Andalyp fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Point Pleasant and Kadiyam both became progressively more disconnected, while Andalyp fluctuated in connectivity. Point Pleasant and Kadiyam have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.