Sarasota in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sarasota in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SarasotaFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sarasota plotted against Florida and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Sarasota peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Florida which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Sarasota's incremental SNDi fell from 5.61 to 5.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sarasota ranked 19th out of 27 cities in Florida and 275th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.5
Rank in United States
282nd of 333
Rank in Florida
17th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.29
Rank in United States
275th of 333
Rank in Florida
19th of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SarasotaSitapurSan Francisco de Macoris

In new street additions, Sarasota built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Sitāpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and San Francisco de Macorís built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sarasota and San Francisco de Macorís both became progressively more disconnected, while Sitāpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Sarasota and Sitāpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.