Texmelucan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Texmelucan in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TexmelucanPuebla (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Texmelucan plotted against Puebla and México. The SNDi of new construction in Texmelucan rose steadily, compared to Puebla which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Texmelucan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 4.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Texmelucan ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Puebla and 137th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.81
Rank in México
144th of 182
Rank in Puebla
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in México
137th of 182
Rank in Puebla
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TexmelucanQaem ShahrFayzabad

In new street additions, Texmelucan and Qaem Shahr both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fayzabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Texmelucan and Qaem Shahr both became progressively more disconnected, while Fayzabad grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.