Fazeley in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fazeley plotted against England and United Kingdom. The SNDi of new construction in Fazeley peaked in 1976-1990, compared to England which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Kingdom which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Fazeley's incremental SNDi fell from 4.57 to 3.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fazeley ranked 117th out of 124 cities in England and 133rd out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Göppingen, Germany
• Kamisee, Ethiopia
• Teng'ao, China
• Bendo, Indonesia
• Bartın, Turkey
• Bandar-e Torkaman, Iran

In new street additions, Fazeley built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Göppingen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bendo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Göppingen and Bendo both became progressively more disconnected, while Fazeley grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Fazeley and Bendo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.