Telford in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Telford in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Telford plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Telford's incremental SNDi fell from 4.78 to 3.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Telford ranked 109th out of 124 cities in England and 123rd out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.39
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 21st of 143
- Rank in England
- 17th of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.17
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 123rd of 143
- Rank in England
- 109th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Palghar and Falakata both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Telford built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Palghar and Falakata both became progressively more disconnected, while Telford grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Telford and Palghar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.