Vilnius in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Vilnius in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VilniusVilniaus (Region)Lithuania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vilnius plotted against Vilniaus and Lithuania. While Vilniaus and Lithuania both rose steadily, Vilnius's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Vilnius's incremental SNDi rose from 2.07 to 2.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vilnius ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Vilniaus and 1st out of 4 in Lithuania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in Lithuania
1st of 4
Rank in Vilniaus
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.6
Rank in Lithuania
1st of 4
Rank in Vilniaus
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VilniusAl-AsafraYavatmal

In new street additions, Vilnius and Al-Asafra both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yavatmal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Vilnius and Al-Asafra have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.