Montemorelos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Montemorelos in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MontemorelosNuevo Leon (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Montemorelos plotted against Nuevo León and México. The SNDi of new construction in Montemorelos peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nuevo León which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Montemorelos's incremental SNDi fell from 2.66 to 2.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Montemorelos ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Nuevo León and 52nd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.48
Rank in México
27th of 182
Rank in Nuevo León
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in México
52nd of 182
Rank in Nuevo León
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MontemorelosZacapuIpil

In new street additions, Montemorelos built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Zacapu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ipil built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Montemorelos became progressively more disconnected, while Zacapu fluctuated in connectivity and Ipil became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Montemorelos and Zacapu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.