The Woodlands in context: Street-network sprawl trends
The Woodlands in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with The Woodlands plotted against Texas and United States. The SNDi of new construction in The Woodlands rose steadily, compared to Texas which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, The Woodlands's incremental SNDi rose from 5.55 to 5.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, The Woodlands ranked 41st out of 42 cities in Texas and 314th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.66
- Rank in United States
- 288th of 333
- Rank in Texas
- 41st of 42
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.5
- Rank in United States
- 314th of 333
- Rank in Texas
- 41st of 42
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, The Woodlands and Dapaong both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Maner fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, The Woodlands and Dapaong both became progressively more disconnected, while Maner fluctuated in connectivity. The Woodlands and Maner have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.