Tegucigalpa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tegucigalpa in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TegucigalpaFrancisco Morazan (Region)Honduras (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tegucigalpa plotted against Francisco Morazán and Honduras. The SNDi of new construction in Tegucigalpa followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Francisco Morazán which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Honduras which rose steadily. Most recently, Tegucigalpa's incremental SNDi rose from 5.22 to 5.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tegucigalpa ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Francisco Morazán and 16th out of 16 in Honduras as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.39
Rank in Honduras
16th of 16
Rank in Francisco Morazán
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.67
Rank in Honduras
16th of 16
Rank in Francisco Morazán
1st of 1

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
TegucigalpaSao LuisNizhny Novgorod

In new street additions, Tegucigalpa and São Luís both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nizhny Novgorod built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.