Bishkek in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bishkek in context

2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BishkekBiskek (Region)Kyrgyzstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bishkek plotted against Biškek and Kyrgyzstan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bishkek's incremental SNDi rose from 3.1 to 3.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bishkek ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Biškek and 3rd out of 8 in Kyrgyzstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
3rd of 8
Rank in Biškek
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
3rd of 8
Rank in Biškek
1st of 1

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
BishkekPragueAba

While Prague and Aba both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Bishkek fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bishkek and Aba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.