Лада in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lada in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Лада plotted against Samara and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Лада followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Samara which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Лада's incremental SNDi rose from 3.4 to 6.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Лада ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Samara and 198th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.82
Rank in Russia
245th of 252
Rank in Samara
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in Russia
198th of 252
Rank in Samara
6th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0102030<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0102030<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LadaKaramileManzini

In new street additions, Лада and Karamile both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Manzini built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Лада had a more sprawly network than Karamile in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.