Orlando in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Orlando in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Orlando plotted against Florida and United States. While Florida and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Orlando's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Orlando's incremental SNDi fell from 4.94 to 4.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Orlando ranked 20th out of 27 cities in Florida and 278th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.74
- Rank in United States
- 233rd of 333
- Rank in Florida
- 7th of 27
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.34
- Rank in United States
- 278th of 333
- Rank in Florida
- 20th of 27
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Oran, Algeria
- Padang, Indonesia
- Kazan, Russia
- Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
- Ilorin, Nigeria
- Yueqing, China
In new street additions, Orlando built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Oran fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jammu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Orlando and Jammu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.