Grand Junction in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Grand Junction 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
Grand JunctionColorado (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Grand Junction plotted against Colorado and United States. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Grand Junction's incremental SNDi fell from 4.88 to 4.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Grand Junction ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Colorado and 240th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.63
Rank in United States
222nd of 333
Rank in Colorado
8th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.85
Rank in United States
240th of 333
Rank in Colorado
9th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Grand JunctionSheoharKertasari

In new street additions, Grand Junction built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sheohar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kertasari built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Grand Junction and Kertasari both became progressively more disconnected, while Sheohar fluctuated in connectivity. Grand Junction and Sheohar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.