Tepeyac in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tepeyac in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TepeyacGuerrero (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tepeyac plotted against Guerrero and México. The SNDi of new construction in Tepeyac peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Guerrero which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tepeyac's incremental SNDi fell from 6.25 to 5.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tepeyac ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Guerrero and 180th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.83
Rank in México
170th of 182
Rank in Guerrero
6th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.36
Rank in México
180th of 182
Rank in Guerrero
7th of 7

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
TepeyacFotokolSave

In new street additions, Tepeyac and Fotokol both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Savè fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.