Windsor in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Windsor in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Windsor plotted against Ontario and Canada. The SNDi of new construction in Windsor peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Ontario which peaked in 1976-1990 and Canada which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Windsor's incremental SNDi fell from 4.08 to 3.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Windsor ranked 17th out of 24 cities in Ontario and 34th out of 54 in Canada as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in Canada
26th of 54
Rank in Ontario
15th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.83
Rank in Canada
34th of 54
Rank in Ontario
17th of 24

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
WindsorIleboEdgecliff Village

Windsor, Ilebo, and Edgecliff Village all built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Windsor and Ilebo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.