Kaiserslautern in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kaiserslautern in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kaiserslautern plotted against Rheinland-Pfalz and Germany. The SNDi of new construction in Kaiserslautern peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Rheinland-Pfalz which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Germany which rose steadily. Most recently, Kaiserslautern's incremental SNDi fell from 3.62 to 3.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kaiserslautern ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Rheinland-Pfalz and 43rd out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in Germany
61st of 99
Rank in Rheinland-Pfalz
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Germany
43rd of 99
Rank in Rheinland-Pfalz
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KaiserslauternLajeadoChililabombwe

In new street additions, Kaiserslautern built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lajeado fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Chililabombwe built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kaiserslautern and Lajeado have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.