Pushkin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pushkin in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PushkinCity of St. Petersburg (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pushkin plotted against City of St. Petersburg and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Pushkin peaked in 1991-2005, compared to City of St. Petersburg which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Pushkin's incremental SNDi fell from 2.25 to 1.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pushkin ranked 1st out of 3 cities in City of St. Petersburg and 20th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.66
Rank in Russia
6th of 252
Rank in City of St. Petersburg
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.62
Rank in Russia
20th of 252
Rank in City of St. Petersburg
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PushkinKabanjaheLanka

In new street additions, Pushkin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kabanjahe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lanka built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pushkin and Kabanjahe both became progressively more disconnected, while Lanka became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.