Pitești in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pitesti in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PitestiArges (Region)Romania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pitești plotted against Argeș and Romania. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pitești's incremental SNDi rose from 4.34 to 5.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pitești ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Argeș and 27th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.57
Rank in Romania
23rd of 29
Rank in Argeș
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in Romania
27th of 29
Rank in Argeș
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PitestiNorth LakhimpurTilhar

In new street additions, Pitești built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while North Lakhimpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tilhar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pitești and North Lakhimpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Tilhar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Pitești had a more connected network than Tilhar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.