Pittsville in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pittsville in context

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PittsvilleTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pittsville plotted against Texas and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Pittsville was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Texas which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Pittsville's incremental SNDi rose from 4.84 to 5.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pittsville ranked 39th out of 42 cities in Texas and 290th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.59
Rank in United States
283rd of 333
Rank in Texas
39th of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.62
Rank in United States
290th of 333
Rank in Texas
39th of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PittsvilleVerviersWuzhishan City

In new street additions, Pittsville built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Verviers built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Wuzhishan City fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pittsville became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Verviers became progressively more disconnected and Wuzhishan City fluctuated in connectivity. Pittsville and Wuzhishan City have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.