Schenectady in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Schenectady in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Schenectady plotted against New York and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Schenectady rose steadily, compared to New York which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Schenectady's incremental SNDi rose from 2.65 to 4.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Schenectady ranked 2nd out of 12 cities in New York and 39th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.88
Rank in United States
241st of 333
Rank in New York
9th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in United States
39th of 333
Rank in New York
2nd of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SchenectadyCaaguazuEkeremor

In new street additions, Schenectady built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Caaguazú fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ekeremor built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Schenectady and Caaguazú both became progressively more disconnected, while Ekeremor became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Schenectady and Ekeremor have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.