Tomaszów Mazowiecki in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tomaszow Mazowiecki in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tomaszow MazowieckiLodzkie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tomaszów Mazowiecki plotted against Łódzkie and Poland. The SNDi of new construction in Tomaszów Mazowiecki peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Łódzkie which rose steadily and Poland which rose steadily. Most recently, Tomaszów Mazowiecki's incremental SNDi fell from 2.89 to 2.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tomaszów Mazowiecki ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Łódzkie and 31st out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in Poland
7th of 63
Rank in Łódzkie
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.32
Rank in Poland
31st of 63
Rank in Łódzkie
4th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tomaszow MazowieckiKahnujNew Castle

In new street additions, Tomaszów Mazowiecki built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kahnuj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and New Castle built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Tomaszów Mazowiecki and New Castle both became progressively more disconnected, while Kahnuj became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Tomaszów Mazowiecki and Kahnuj have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.