Montreux in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Montreux in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MontreuxVaud (Region)Switzerland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Montreux plotted against Vaud and Switzerland. The SNDi of new construction in Montreux peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Vaud which peaked in 1991-2005 and Switzerland which rose steadily. Most recently, Montreux's incremental SNDi fell from 4.95 to 4.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Montreux ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Vaud and 15th out of 17 in Switzerland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.74
Rank in Switzerland
17th of 17
Rank in Vaud
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in Switzerland
15th of 17
Rank in Vaud
2nd of 2

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
MontreuxHuoshanBilecik

In new street additions, Montreux built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Huoshan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Bilecik built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Montreux became progressively more disconnected, while Huoshan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Bilecik grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Montreux had a more connected network than Bilecik in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.