Rochester in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rochester in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rochester plotted against Minnesota and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Rochester rose steadily, compared to Minnesota which peaked in 1991-2005 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Rochester's incremental SNDi rose from 4.45 to 5.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rochester ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Minnesota and 146th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.25
- Rank in United States
- 272nd of 333
- Rank in Minnesota
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.08
- Rank in United States
- 146th of 333
- Rank in Minnesota
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Rochester built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hsipaw fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and بلد built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Rochester and Hsipaw both became progressively more disconnected, while بلد became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Rochester and Hsipaw have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.