Fort Wayne in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fort Wayne in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fort WayneIndiana (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fort Wayne plotted against Indiana and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Fort Wayne rose steadily, compared to Indiana which peaked in 1991-2005 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Fort Wayne's incremental SNDi rose from 2.95 to 3.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fort Wayne ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Indiana and 19th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.7
Rank in United States
106th of 333
Rank in Indiana
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.81
Rank in United States
19th of 333
Rank in Indiana
2nd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fort WayneSanta Lucia CotzumalguapaPandua

Fort Wayne, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, and Pandua all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Fort Wayne and Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.