College Station in context: Street-network sprawl trends

College Station in context

1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
College StationTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with College Station plotted against Texas and United States. The SNDi of new construction in College Station rose steadily, compared to Texas which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, College Station's incremental SNDi rose from 3.15 to 3.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, College Station ranked 14th out of 42 cities in Texas and 94th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in United States
90th of 333
Rank in Texas
23rd of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.59
Rank in United States
94th of 333
Rank in Texas
14th of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
College StationAnxiangPatos de Minas

In new street additions, College Station and Patos de Minas both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Anxiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, College Station and Patos de Minas both became progressively more disconnected, while Anxiang fluctuated in connectivity. College Station and Anxiang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.