Madera in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Madera in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaderaCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madera plotted against California and United States. While California and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Madera's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Madera's incremental SNDi fell from 3.37 to 3.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madera ranked 2nd out of 60 cities in California and 87th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.26
Rank in United States
62nd of 333
Rank in California
7th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in United States
87th of 333
Rank in California
2nd of 60

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
MaderaPiraporaRegiao Oceanica

While Pirapora and Região Oceânica both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Madera built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Madera and Região Oceânica both became progressively more disconnected, while Pirapora fluctuated in connectivity. Madera and Pirapora have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.