Yakima in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yakima in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YakimaWashington (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yakima plotted against Washington and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Yakima rose steadily, compared to Washington which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Yakima's incremental SNDi rose from 4.62 to 4.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yakima ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Washington and 98th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.65
Rank in United States
225th of 333
Rank in Washington
4th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in United States
98th of 333
Rank in Washington
3rd of 8

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
YakimaKawardhaImam Sahib

Yakima, Kawardha, and Imam Sahib all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Yakima and Kawardha have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.