Tel Aviv in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tel Aviv in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tel AvivIsrael (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tel Aviv plotted against Israel. Both Tel Aviv and Israel follow the same trend. Most recently, Tel Aviv's incremental SNDi fell from 2.86 to 2.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tel Aviv ranked 2nd out of 22 in Israel as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Israel
5th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in Israel
2nd of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tel AvivDammamDenver

In new street additions, Tel Aviv and Denver both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dammam built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tel Aviv and Denver have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.