Green Bay in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Green Bay in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Green BayWisconsin (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Green Bay plotted against Wisconsin and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Green Bay rose steadily, compared to Wisconsin which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Green Bay's incremental SNDi rose from 3.91 to 5.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Green Bay ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Wisconsin and 66th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.29
Rank in United States
273rd of 333
Rank in Wisconsin
6th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in United States
66th of 333
Rank in Wisconsin
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Green BayBaluaBento Goncalves

Green Bay, Balua, and Bento Gonçalves all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Green Bay and Balua have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.