Hartford in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Hartford in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hartford plotted against Connecticut and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Hartford peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Connecticut which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Hartford's incremental SNDi fell from 2.43 to 1.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hartford ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Connecticut and 22nd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.94
- Rank in United States
- 3rd of 333
- Rank in Connecticut
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.86
- Rank in United States
- 22nd of 333
- Rank in Connecticut
- 2nd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Hartford and Nanxun both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Golmud fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Hartford became progressively more disconnected, while Nanxun grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Golmud became progressively more connected. Hartford and Golmud have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.