Trinidad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Trinidad in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TrinidadSancti Spiritus (Region)Cuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Trinidad plotted against Sancti Spíritus and Cuba. While Sancti Spíritus and Cuba both peaked in 1991-2005, Trinidad's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Trinidad's incremental SNDi fell from 2.73 to 2.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Trinidad ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Sancti Spíritus and 7th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in Cuba
10th of 27
Rank in Sancti Spíritus
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.7
Rank in Cuba
7th of 27
Rank in Sancti Spíritus
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TrinidadDunyapurBowang

While Dunyapur and Bowang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Trinidad built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Trinidad and Bowang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.