San Juan del Río in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Juan del Rio in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Juan del RioQueretaro (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Juan del Río plotted against Querétaro and México. The SNDi of new construction in San Juan del Río rose steadily, compared to Querétaro which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, San Juan del Río's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Juan del Río ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Querétaro and 123rd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in México
96th of 182
Rank in Querétaro
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in México
123rd of 182
Rank in Querétaro
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
San Juan del RioTeixeira de FreitasHuozhou

While Teixeira de Freitas and Huozhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, San Juan del Río built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, San Juan del Río and Teixeira de Freitas both became progressively more disconnected, while Huozhou fluctuated in connectivity. San Juan del Río and Huozhou have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.