Lubbock in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lubbock in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lubbock plotted against Texas and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Lubbock rose steadily, compared to Texas which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Lubbock's incremental SNDi rose from 2.6 to 2.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lubbock ranked 7th out of 42 cities in Texas and 33rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.94
- Rank in United States
- 41st of 333
- Rank in Texas
- 11th of 42
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.95
- Rank in United States
- 33rd of 333
- Rank in Texas
- 7th of 42
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Lubbock and Tal Afar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bertoua fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Lubbock and Bertoua have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.