El Puente in context: Street-network sprawl trends
El Puente in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Puente plotted against Nuevo León and México. The SNDi of new construction in El Puente peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Nuevo León which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, El Puente's incremental SNDi fell from 4.44 to 4.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Puente ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Nuevo León and 166th out of 182 in México as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.3
- Rank in México
- 125th of 182
- Rank in Nuevo León
- 6th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.32
- Rank in México
- 166th of 182
- Rank in Nuevo León
- 6th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, El Puente built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Danjiangkou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hinganghat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Danjiangkou and Hinganghat both became progressively more disconnected, while El Puente grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. El Puente and Danjiangkou have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.