Loveland in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Loveland 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
LovelandColorado (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Loveland plotted against Colorado and United States. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Loveland's incremental SNDi fell from 4.22 to 3.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Loveland ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Colorado and 168th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in United States
53rd of 333
Rank in Colorado
5th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in United States
168th of 333
Rank in Colorado
7th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LovelandSathiyaTacuarembo

While Sathiya and Tacuarembó both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Loveland built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Sathiya and Tacuarembó both became progressively more disconnected, while Loveland grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.