Lexington in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lexington in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lexington plotted against Kentucky and United States. While Kentucky and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Lexington's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Lexington's incremental SNDi fell from 5.37 to 4.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lexington ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Kentucky and 273rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.38
Rank in United States
198th of 333
Rank in Kentucky
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.25
Rank in United States
273rd of 333
Rank in Kentucky
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LexingtonZakiganjBhiwani

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