Bistrița in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bistrita in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BistritaBistrita-Nasaud (Region)Romania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bistrița plotted against Bistrița-Năsăud and Romania. While Bistrița-Năsăud and Romania both rose steadily, Bistrița's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Bistrița's incremental SNDi rose from 5.82 to 6.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bistrița ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Bistrița-Năsăud and 28th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.51
Rank in Romania
26th of 29
Rank in Bistrița-Năsăud
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in Romania
28th of 29
Rank in Bistrița-Năsăud
1st of 1

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
BistritaCedar RapidsArvi

In new street additions, Bistrița and Arvi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cedar Rapids built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bistrița and Cedar Rapids have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.