Wolfsburg in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wolfsburg in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WolfsburgNiedersachsen (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wolfsburg plotted against Niedersachsen and Germany. The SNDi of new construction in Wolfsburg peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Niedersachsen which rose steadily and Germany which rose steadily. Most recently, Wolfsburg's incremental SNDi fell from 2.45 to 2.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wolfsburg ranked 6th out of 9 cities in Niedersachsen and 60th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.06
Rank in Germany
14th of 99
Rank in Niedersachsen
2nd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Germany
60th of 99
Rank in Niedersachsen
6th of 9

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
WolfsburgNarayanpetShostka

While Narayanpet and Shostka both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Wolfsburg built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Narayanpet and Shostka both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Wolfsburg grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Wolfsburg and Narayanpet have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.