Tiraspol 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 Tiraspol plotted against Transnistria and Moldova. The SNDi of new construction in Tiraspol rose steadily, compared to Transnistria which peaked in 1991-2005 and Moldova which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tiraspol's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 2.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tiraspol ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Transnistria and 1st 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?

• Zhaotun, China
• Salzburg, Austria
• Zhijiang, China
• Banjari, India
• Lintong, China
• Guarapuava, Brazil

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