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

In new street additions, Bath and Qixian both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Subotica built increasingly disconnected streets over time. 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.