White Plains in context: Street-network sprawl trends

White Plains in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
White PlainsNew York (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with White Plains plotted against New York and United States. The SNDi of new construction in White Plains rose steadily, compared to New York which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, White Plains's incremental SNDi rose from 4.56 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, White Plains ranked 9th out of 12 cities in New York and 166th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in United States
242nd of 333
Rank in New York
10th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in United States
166th of 333
Rank in New York
9th of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
White PlainsParagominasMartinez de la Torre

While Paragominas and Martínez de la Torre both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, White Plains built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, White Plains and Martínez de la Torre both became progressively more disconnected, while Paragominas fluctuated in connectivity. White Plains and Paragominas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.