Kostroma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kostroma 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
KostromaRussia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kostroma plotted against Russia. Both Kostroma and Russia follow the same trend. Most recently, Kostroma's incremental SNDi rose from 3.19 to 4.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kostroma ranked 150th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.2
Rank in Russia
183rd of 252

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Russia
150th of 252

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KostromaFula'erjiModiin-Maccabim-Reut

In new street additions, Kostroma built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fula'erji built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Modiin-Maccabim-Reut built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Kostroma became progressively more disconnected, while Fula'erji grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Modiin-Maccabim-Reut became progressively more connected. Notably, Kostroma had a more sprawly network than Fula'erji in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.