Tulancingo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tulancingo 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
TulancingoHidalgo (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tulancingo plotted against Hidalgo and México. The SNDi of new construction in Tulancingo peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Hidalgo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tulancingo's incremental SNDi fell from 2.84 to 2.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tulancingo ranked 2nd out of 9 cities in Hidalgo and 77th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in México
42nd of 182
Rank in Hidalgo
2nd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in México
77th of 182
Rank in Hidalgo
2nd of 9

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
TulancingoWilmingtonJalalpur Jattan

In new street additions, Tulancingo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Wilmington built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Jalalpur Jattan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Tulancingo and Wilmington both became progressively more disconnected, while Jalalpur Jattan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Tulancingo and Wilmington have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.