Sindelfingen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sindelfingen in context

1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SindelfingenBaden-Wurttemberg (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sindelfingen plotted against Baden-Württemberg and Germany. While Baden-Württemberg and Germany both rose steadily, Sindelfingen's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Sindelfingen's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sindelfingen ranked 7th out of 15 cities in Baden-Württemberg and 21st out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in Germany
24th of 99
Rank in Baden-Württemberg
5th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in Germany
21st of 99
Rank in Baden-Württemberg
7th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SindelfingenShwegyinTobelo

In new street additions, Sindelfingen built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shwegyin built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Tobelo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Sindelfingen became progressively more disconnected, while Shwegyin became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Tobelo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Sindelfingen had a more sprawly network than Shwegyin in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.