Syracuse in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Syracuse in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Syracuse plotted against New York and United States. While New York and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Syracuse's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Syracuse's incremental SNDi fell from 3.36 to 3.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Syracuse ranked 1st out of 12 cities in New York and 17th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in United States
49th of 333
Rank in New York
4th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in United States
17th of 333
Rank in New York
1st of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SyracuseBuurhakabaDongxiang

In new street additions, Syracuse built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Buurhakaba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dongxiang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Syracuse and Buurhakaba both became progressively more disconnected, while Dongxiang became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Syracuse had a more sprawly network than Buurhakaba in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.