Klaipėda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Klaipeda in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KlaipedaKlaipedos (Region)Lithuania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Klaipėda plotted against Klaipedos and Lithuania. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Klaipėda's incremental SNDi rose from 3.53 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Klaipėda ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Klaipedos and 3rd out of 4 in Lithuania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.65
Rank in Lithuania
3rd of 4
Rank in Klaipedos
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in Lithuania
3rd of 4
Rank in Klaipedos
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KlaipedaDarmstadtRimini

While Darmstadt and Rimini both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Klaipėda built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Klaipėda and Rimini both became progressively more disconnected, while Darmstadt grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Klaipėda and Darmstadt have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.