Urbancrest in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Urbancrest in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UrbancrestOhio (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Urbancrest plotted against Ohio and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Urbancrest peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Ohio which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Urbancrest's incremental SNDi fell from 4.72 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Urbancrest ranked 10th out of 11 cities in Ohio and 237th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in United States
113th of 333
Rank in Ohio
4th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.8
Rank in United States
237th of 333
Rank in Ohio
10th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UrbancrestGudiyathamNakhon Ratchasima

In new street additions, Urbancrest built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Gudiyatham fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Nakhon Ratchasima built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Urbancrest grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gudiyatham fluctuated in connectivity and Nakhon Ratchasima became progressively more disconnected. Urbancrest and Gudiyatham have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.