Bacău in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bacau in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BacauRomania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bacău plotted against Romania. Both Bacău and Romania follow the same trend. Most recently, Bacău's incremental SNDi rose from 5.09 to 6.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bacău ranked 24th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.52
Rank in Romania
27th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.24
Rank in Romania
24th of 29

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
BacauSan Nicolas de los ArroyosBremerhaven

Bacău, San Nicolás de los Arroyos, and Bremerhaven all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Bacău and San Nicolás de los Arroyos have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.