Maple Ridge in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maple Ridge in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Maple RidgeBritish Columbia (Region)Canada (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maple Ridge plotted against British Columbia and Canada. The SNDi of new construction in Maple Ridge peaked in 1991-2005, compared to British Columbia which peaked in 1976-1990 and Canada which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Maple Ridge's incremental SNDi fell from 3.96 to 3.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maple Ridge ranked 7th out of 8 cities in British Columbia and 49th out of 54 in Canada as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.76
Rank in Canada
37th of 54
Rank in British Columbia
6th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in Canada
49th of 54
Rank in British Columbia
7th of 8

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
Maple RidgeBaijiLalmohan

While Baiji and Lalmohan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Maple Ridge built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Maple Ridge and Baiji both became progressively more disconnected, while Lalmohan fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Maple Ridge had a more sprawly network than Lalmohan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.