Tomsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tomsk in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TomskRussia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tomsk plotted against Russia. Both Tomsk and Russia follow the same trend. Most recently, Tomsk's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 3.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tomsk ranked 181st out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in Russia
163rd of 252

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Russia
181st of 252

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TomskShizuokaVladivostok

In new street additions, Tomsk and Vladivostok both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shizuoka fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tomsk and Shizuoka have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.