Bountiful in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bountiful in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BountifulUtah (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bountiful plotted against Utah and United States. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bountiful's incremental SNDi fell from 3.83 to 3.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bountiful ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Utah and 163rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.72
Rank in United States
108th of 333
Rank in Utah
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.17
Rank in United States
163rd of 333
Rank in Utah
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BountifulLorientSoro

In new street additions, Bountiful built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lorient built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Soro built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bountiful and Lorient both became progressively more disconnected, while Soro became progressively more connected. Notably, Bountiful had a more connected network than Soro in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.