Bitola in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bitola in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BitolaNorth Macedonia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bitola plotted against North Macedonia. Both Bitola and North Macedonia follow the same trend. Most recently, Bitola's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 3.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bitola ranked 1st out of 7 in North Macedonia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.96
Rank in North Macedonia
1st of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in North Macedonia
1st of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BitolaUmariaWuding

In new street additions, Bitola built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Umaria fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Wuding fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bitola and Umaria both became progressively more disconnected, while Wuding fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bitola had a more sprawly network than Umaria in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.