Livermore in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Livermore in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LivermoreCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Livermore plotted against California and United States. While California and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Livermore's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Livermore's incremental SNDi fell from 3.71 to 3.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Livermore ranked 9th out of 60 cities in California and 145th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in United States
48th of 333
Rank in California
4th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in United States
145th of 333
Rank in California
9th of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LivermoreLabinskFerizaj

In new street additions, Livermore built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Labinsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ferizaj built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Labinsk and Ferizaj both became progressively more disconnected, while Livermore grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.