Venice in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Venice 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
VeniceFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Venice plotted against Florida and United States. While Florida and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Venice's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Venice's incremental SNDi fell from 5.5 to 4.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Venice ranked 13th out of 27 cities in Florida and 246th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.36
Rank in United States
195th of 333
Rank in Florida
4th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.95
Rank in United States
246th of 333
Rank in Florida
13th of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VeniceDhuraiaSanta Luzia

In new street additions, Venice and Santa Luzia both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dhuraia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Venice and Santa Luzia both became progressively more disconnected, while Dhuraia fluctuated in connectivity. Venice and Dhuraia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.