Toulon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Toulon in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ToulonProvence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (Region)France (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Toulon plotted against Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and France. The SNDi of new construction in Toulon peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur which peaked in 1991-2005 and France which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Toulon's incremental SNDi fell from 6.0 to 5.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Toulon ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and 68th out of 73 in France as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.55
Rank in France
66th of 73
Rank in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.6
Rank in France
68th of 73
Rank in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ToulonUberabaSmolensk

While Uberaba and Smolensk both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Toulon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Toulon and Smolensk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.