Brantford in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brantford in context

2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrantfordOntario (Region)Canada (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brantford plotted against Ontario and Canada. The SNDi of new construction in Brantford peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Ontario which peaked in 1976-1990 and Canada which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Brantford's incremental SNDi fell from 3.44 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brantford ranked 8th out of 24 cities in Ontario and 13th out of 54 in Canada as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Canada
14th of 54
Rank in Ontario
10th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Canada
13th of 54
Rank in Ontario
8th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrantfordCiudad GuzmanLancaster

In new street additions, Brantford built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ciudad Guzmán fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lancaster built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Brantford and Ciudad Guzmán have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.