Cuyahoga Falls in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cuyahoga Falls in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cuyahoga Falls plotted against Ohio and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Cuyahoga Falls rose steadily, compared to Ohio which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Cuyahoga Falls's incremental SNDi rose from 4.67 to 4.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cuyahoga Falls ranked 6th out of 11 cities in Ohio and 73rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.84
Rank in United States
240th of 333
Rank in Ohio
9th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in United States
73rd of 333
Rank in Ohio
6th of 11

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
Cuyahoga FallsThakurganjTikapur

In new street additions, Cuyahoga Falls built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Thakurganj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tikapur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Cuyahoga Falls became progressively more disconnected, while Thakurganj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tikapur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Cuyahoga Falls had a more connected network than Tikapur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.