Buena Vista in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Buena Vista in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Buena Vista plotted against Michigan and United States. While Michigan and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Buena Vista's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Buena Vista's incremental SNDi fell from 4.26 to 3.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buena Vista ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Michigan and 24th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in United States
74th of 333
Rank in Michigan
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in United States
24th of 333
Rank in Michigan
1st of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Buena VistaPathriTambakboyo

In new street additions, Buena Vista and Pathri both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tambakboyo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Buena Vista and Pathri have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.