Ogden in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ogden in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OgdenUtah (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ogden plotted against Utah and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Ogden rose steadily, compared to Utah which peaked in 1991-2005 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Ogden's incremental SNDi rose from 4.09 to 4.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ogden ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Utah and 141st out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.59
Rank in United States
219th of 333
Rank in Utah
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in United States
141st of 333
Rank in Utah
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OgdenMalkapurGadarwara

In new street additions, Ogden built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Malkapur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Gadarwara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ogden became progressively more disconnected, while Malkapur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Gadarwara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ogden and Malkapur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.