Minneapolis [Saint Paul] in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Minneapolis [Saint Paul] in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Minneapolis [Saint Paul]Minnesota (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Minneapolis [Saint Paul] plotted against Minnesota and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] rose steadily, compared to Minnesota which peaked in 1991-2005 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Minneapolis [Saint Paul]'s incremental SNDi rose from 3.05 to 3.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Minneapolis [Saint Paul] ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Minnesota and 44th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.81
Rank in United States
118th of 333
Rank in Minnesota
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in United States
44th of 333
Rank in Minnesota
1st of 3

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
Minneapolis [Saint Paul]MombasaSrinagar

In new street additions, Minneapolis [Saint Paul] and Srinagar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mombasa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Minneapolis [Saint Paul] and Srinagar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.