Cleveland in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cleveland in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ClevelandQueensland (Region)Australia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cleveland plotted against Queensland and Australia. The SNDi of new construction in Cleveland rose steadily, compared to Queensland which peaked in 1991-2005 and Australia which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Cleveland's incremental SNDi rose from 5.17 to 5.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cleveland ranked 10th out of 13 cities in Queensland and 31st out of 35 in Australia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.43
Rank in Australia
35th of 35
Rank in Queensland
13th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.38
Rank in Australia
31st of 35
Rank in Queensland
10th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ClevelandMuhammad KhelHadera

In new street additions, Cleveland and Muhammad Khel both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hadera built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Cleveland had a more sprawly network than Muhammad Khel in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.