Stamford in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Stamford in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
StamfordConnecticut (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Stamford plotted against Connecticut and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Stamford rose steadily, compared to Connecticut which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Stamford's incremental SNDi rose from 5.2 to 8.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Stamford ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Connecticut and 236th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.4
Rank in United States
329th of 333
Rank in Connecticut
7th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.79
Rank in United States
236th of 333
Rank in Connecticut
7th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
StamfordKoyraShaoyang

While Koyra and Shaoyang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Stamford built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Stamford became progressively more disconnected, while Koyra grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Shaoyang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Stamford and Koyra have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.