Tuxtla Gutiérrez in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tuxtla Gutierrez in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tuxtla GutierrezChiapas (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tuxtla Gutiérrez plotted against Chiapas and México. While Chiapas and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Tuxtla Gutiérrez's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tuxtla Gutiérrez's incremental SNDi rose from 3.31 to 4.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tuxtla Gutiérrez ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Chiapas and 94th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.31
Rank in México
126th of 182
Rank in Chiapas
4th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.73
Rank in México
94th of 182
Rank in Chiapas
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tuxtla GutierrezRigaAl-Fashir

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