Linares in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Linares in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinaresNuevo Leon (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Linares plotted against Nuevo León and México. While Nuevo León and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Linares's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Linares's incremental SNDi rose from 2.47 to 2.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Linares ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Nuevo León and 44th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in México
32nd of 182
Rank in Nuevo León
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in México
44th of 182
Rank in Nuevo León
1st of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinaresNorth College HillStargard

While North College Hill and Stargard both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Linares fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.