Murom in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Murom in context

0.91.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MuromVladimir (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Murom plotted against Vladimir and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Murom peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Vladimir which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Murom's incremental SNDi fell from 2.78 to 2.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Murom ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Vladimir and 13th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Russia
69th of 252
Rank in Vladimir
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.53
Rank in Russia
13th of 252
Rank in Vladimir
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MuromDhunatXiaochang

In new street additions, Murom built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dhunat built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Xiaochang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Murom and Dhunat both became progressively more disconnected, while Xiaochang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.