Laurel in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Laurel in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LaurelMaryland (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Laurel plotted against Maryland and United States. While Maryland and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Laurel's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Laurel's incremental SNDi fell from 6.91 to 5.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Laurel ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Maryland and 308th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.95
Rank in United States
297th of 333
Rank in Maryland
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.11
Rank in United States
308th of 333
Rank in Maryland
3rd of 5

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
LaurelPhulparasSapiranga

While Phulparas and Sapiranga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Laurel built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Laurel and Phulparas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.