Bradenton in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bradenton in context

3.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BradentonFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bradenton plotted against Florida and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Bradenton peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Florida which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Bradenton's incremental SNDi fell from 5.04 to 4.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bradenton ranked 10th out of 27 cities in Florida and 229th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.91
Rank in United States
244th of 333
Rank in Florida
9th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.72
Rank in United States
229th of 333
Rank in Florida
10th of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BradentonMessinaTando Adam

In new street additions, Bradenton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Messina built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tando Adam built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bradenton and Messina both became progressively more disconnected, while Tando Adam became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.