Macherla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Macherla plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Macherla peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Andhra Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Macherla's incremental SNDi fell from 3.49 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Macherla ranked 32nd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 468th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Balashov, Russia
• Shixing, China
• Itaúna, Brazil
• Legnica, Poland
• Vlora, Albania
• Nchelenge, Zambia

In new street additions, Macherla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Balashov built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Legnica fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Balashov and Legnica both became progressively more disconnected, while Macherla grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Macherla and Legnica have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.