Brentwood in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brentwood in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrentwoodCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brentwood plotted against California and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Brentwood followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to California which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Brentwood's incremental SNDi fell from 4.47 to 4.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brentwood ranked 49th out of 60 cities in California and 280th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.07
Rank in United States
154th of 333
Rank in California
27th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.37
Rank in United States
280th of 333
Rank in California
49th of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrentwoodOberaVelikiye Luki

In new street additions, Brentwood fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Oberá fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Velikiye Luki built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Oberá and Velikiye Luki both became progressively more disconnected, while Brentwood became progressively more connected.