Panevėžys in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Panevezys in context

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
PanevezysPanevezio (Region)Lithuania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Panevėžys plotted against Panevezio and Lithuania. The SNDi of new construction in Panevėžys peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Panevezio which rose steadily and Lithuania which rose steadily. Most recently, Panevėžys's incremental SNDi fell from 3.25 to 3.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Panevėžys ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Panevezio and 2nd out of 4 in Lithuania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.14
Rank in Lithuania
2nd of 4
Rank in Panevezio
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Lithuania
2nd of 4
Rank in Panevezio
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
PanevezysChapaevaYellandu

Panevėžys, Чапаева, and Yellandu all built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Panevėžys and Yellandu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.