Trinidad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Trinidad in context

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TrinidadBeni (Region)Bolivia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Trinidad plotted against Beni and Bolivia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Trinidad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.25 to 2.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Trinidad ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Beni and 10th out of 13 in Bolivia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Bolivia
10th of 13
Rank in Beni
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.2
Rank in Bolivia
10th of 13
Rank in Beni
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TrinidadMandevilleReconquista

In new street additions, Trinidad and Reconquista both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mandeville built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Trinidad and Reconquista have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.