Fryazino in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fryazino plotted against Moskva and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Fryazino peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Moskva which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Fryazino's incremental SNDi fell from 2.19 to 1.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fryazino ranked 1st out of 17 cities in Moskva and 5th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Dambai, Ghana
• Gopalpur, India
• Hezuo, China
• Shilong, China
• Baolun, China
• Quíbor, Venezuela

In new street additions, Fryazino built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dambai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Shilong built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Fryazino and Shilong both became progressively more disconnected, while Dambai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Fryazino and Dambai have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.