Tizayuca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tizayuca in context

2.433.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TizayucaHidalgo (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tizayuca plotted against Hidalgo and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tizayuca's incremental SNDi rose from 3.33 to 4.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tizayuca ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Hidalgo and 152nd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.15
Rank in México
116th of 182
Rank in Hidalgo
3rd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in México
152nd of 182
Rank in Hidalgo
7th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TizayucaShanghangLittle Rock

In new street additions, Tizayuca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shanghang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Little Rock built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Tizayuca fluctuated in connectivity, while Shanghang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Little Rock became progressively more disconnected. Tizayuca and Little Rock have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.