Racine in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Racine in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Racine plotted against Wisconsin and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Racine rose steadily, compared to Wisconsin which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Racine's incremental SNDi rose from 5.88 to 6.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Racine ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Wisconsin and 12th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.51
- Rank in United States
- 313th of 333
- Rank in Wisconsin
- 7th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.73
- Rank in United States
- 12th of 333
- Rank in Wisconsin
- 2nd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- 천성로동자구, North Korea
- Banzhuyuan, China
- Mule, China
- Dharapuram, India
- Mohnapur, India
- Anjangaon, India
In new street additions, Racine and Dharapuram both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while 천성로동자구 built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Racine and Dharapuram both became progressively more disconnected, while 천성로동자구 fluctuated in connectivity. Racine and Dharapuram have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.