Maurepas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maurepas in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaurepasIle-de-France (Region)France (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maurepas plotted against Île-de-France and France. The SNDi of new construction in Maurepas peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Île-de-France which peaked in 1976-1990 and France which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Maurepas's incremental SNDi fell from 2.61 to 2.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maurepas ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Île-de-France and 47th out of 73 in France as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.53
Rank in France
11th of 73
Rank in Île-de-France
1st of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in France
47th of 73
Rank in Île-de-France
2nd of 8

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
MaurepasBlagoveshchenskPickering

In new street additions, Maurepas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Blagoveshchensk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Pickering built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Maurepas grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Blagoveshchensk fluctuated in connectivity and Pickering became progressively more disconnected. Maurepas and Pickering have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.