Kyzyl in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kyzyl in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KyzylTuva (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kyzyl plotted against Tuva and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Kyzyl peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Tuva which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kyzyl's incremental SNDi fell from 2.7 to 2.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kyzyl ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Tuva and 43rd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in Russia
31st of 252
Rank in Tuva
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in Russia
43rd of 252
Rank in Tuva
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KyzylSoronRepentigny

In new street additions, Kyzyl built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Soron built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Repentigny built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kyzyl and Repentigny both became progressively more disconnected, while Soron became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.