Salto in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Salto in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SaltoSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salto plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Salto rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Salto's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 4.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salto ranked 62nd out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 288th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.0
Rank in Brazil
250th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
46th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in Brazil
288th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
62nd of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SaltoMogokCabo de Santo Agostinho

In new street additions, Salto and Mogok both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cabo de Santo Agostinho built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Salto and Mogok both became progressively more disconnected, while Cabo de Santo Agostinho grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Salto had a more connected network than Cabo de Santo Agostinho in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.