Denton in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Denton in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Denton plotted against Texas and United States. While Texas and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Denton's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Denton's incremental SNDi fell from 3.8 to 3.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Denton ranked 17th out of 42 cities in Texas and 118th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in United States
111th of 333
Rank in Texas
26th of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in United States
118th of 333
Rank in Texas
17th of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DentonMunchonGaipura

In new street additions, Denton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Munchon built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Gaipura built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Denton and Munchon both became progressively more disconnected, while Gaipura became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Denton and Gaipura have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.