Pila in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pila 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
PilaWielkopolskie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pila plotted against Wielkopolskie and Poland. The SNDi of new construction in Pila followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Wielkopolskie which rose steadily and Poland which rose steadily. Most recently, Pila's incremental SNDi rose from 2.55 to 2.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pila ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Wielkopolskie and 30th out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in Poland
24th of 63
Rank in Wielkopolskie
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in Poland
30th of 63
Rank in Wielkopolskie
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PilaMorin DawaJinning

In new street additions, Pila fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Morin Dawa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Jinning built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Pila became progressively more disconnected, while Morin Dawa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Jinning grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Pila and Morin Dawa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.