Rybnitsa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rybnitsa plotted against Transnistria and Moldova. The SNDi of new construction in Rybnitsa peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Transnistria which peaked in 1991-2005 and Moldova which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rybnitsa's incremental SNDi fell from 4.45 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rybnitsa ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Transnistria and 5th out of 5 in Moldova as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Xiaducun, China
• Jingning, China
• Xinhuang, China
• Jezqazğan, Kazakhstan
• Khajni, India
• Jutiapa, Guatemala

In new street additions, Rybnitsa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Xiaducun built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Jezqazğan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rybnitsa became progressively more disconnected, while Xiaducun became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Jezqazğan became progressively more connected. Notably, Rybnitsa had a more connected network than Xiaducun in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.