Taunton in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Taunton in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TauntonEngland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taunton plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Taunton's incremental SNDi fell from 4.61 to 3.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Taunton ranked 48th out of 124 cities in England and 55th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in United Kingdom
23rd of 143
Rank in England
19th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in United Kingdom
55th of 143
Rank in England
48th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TauntonDjiboNirsa

In new street additions, Taunton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Djibo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Nirsa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Taunton grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Djibo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Nirsa became progressively more disconnected.