Ventura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ventura 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
VenturaCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ventura plotted against California and United States. While California and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Ventura's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Ventura's incremental SNDi fell from 5.23 to 4.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ventura ranked 25th out of 60 cities in California and 198th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.08
Rank in United States
155th of 333
Rank in California
28th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.47
Rank in United States
198th of 333
Rank in California
25th of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VenturaAn NabahinahTelde

In new street additions, Ventura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while An Nabahinah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Telde built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ventura became progressively more disconnected, while An Nabahinah became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Telde grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Ventura had a more connected network than Telde in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.