Tracy in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tracy 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
TracyCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tracy plotted against California and United States. While California and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Tracy's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Tracy's incremental SNDi fell from 4.89 to 4.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tracy ranked 45th out of 60 cities in California and 272nd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.57
Rank in United States
217th of 333
Rank in California
46th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.24
Rank in United States
272nd of 333
Rank in California
45th of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TracyJenaLe Mee-sur-Seine

In new street additions, Tracy and Le Mée-sur-Seine both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Jena built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Tracy and Jena both became progressively more disconnected, while Le Mée-sur-Seine grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Tracy and Jena have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.