Subotica in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Subotica in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SuboticaSeverno-Backi (Region)Serbia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Subotica plotted against Severno-Bački and Serbia. While Severno-Bački and Serbia both rose steadily, Subotica's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Subotica's incremental SNDi rose from 3.42 to 3.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Subotica ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Severno-Bački and 2nd out of 13 in Serbia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in Serbia
5th of 13
Rank in Severno-Bački
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Serbia
2nd of 13
Rank in Severno-Bački
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SuboticaBathQixian

While Bath and Qixian both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Subotica built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Subotica became progressively more disconnected, while Bath grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Qixian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Subotica and Bath have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.