Saltillo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Saltillo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Saltillo plotted against Coahuila and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Saltillo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 3.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Saltillo ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Coahuila and 99th out of 182 in México as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.18
- Rank in México
- 65th of 182
- Rank in Coahuila
- 6th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.77
- Rank in México
- 99th of 182
- Rank in Coahuila
- 6th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Tirana and Jalgaon both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Saltillo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Saltillo had a more connected network than Jalgaon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.