Colorado Springs in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Colorado Springs 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
Colorado SpringsColorado (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Colorado Springs plotted against Colorado and United States. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Colorado Springs's incremental SNDi fell from 3.96 to 3.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Colorado Springs ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Colorado and 173rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.6
Rank in United States
94th of 333
Rank in Colorado
7th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in United States
173rd of 333
Rank in Colorado
8th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Colorado SpringsBaishanTulsa

In new street additions, Colorado Springs built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Baishan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Tulsa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Colorado Springs and Baishan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.