Bensalem Township in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bensalem Township in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bensalem Township plotted against Pennsylvania and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Bensalem Township rose steadily, compared to Pennsylvania which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Bensalem Township's incremental SNDi rose from 4.91 to 5.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bensalem Township ranked 16th out of 16 cities in Pennsylvania and 248th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.19
- Rank in United States
- 271st of 333
- Rank in Pennsylvania
- 13th of 16
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.98
- Rank in United States
- 248th of 333
- Rank in Pennsylvania
- 16th of 16
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Webster, United States
- Tiandong, China
- Hanau, Germany
- Begunbaria, Bangladesh
- Nawanshahr, India
- Nagarbera, India
In new street additions, Bensalem Township built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Webster built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Begunbaria built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bensalem Township and Webster both became progressively more disconnected, while Begunbaria grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Bensalem Township had a more sprawly network than Begunbaria in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.