Odessa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Odessa in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OdessaTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Odessa plotted against Texas and United States. While Texas and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Odessa's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Odessa's incremental SNDi fell from 2.15 to 2.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Odessa ranked 2nd out of 42 cities in Texas and 2nd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.06
Rank in United States
4th of 333
Rank in Texas
1st of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.45
Rank in United States
2nd of 333
Rank in Texas
2nd of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OdessaMontoyaGarwel

In new street additions, Odessa and Montoya both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Garwel built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Odessa and Montoya both became progressively more disconnected, while Garwel became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.