Ciudad Victoria in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad Victoria 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
Ciudad VictoriaTamaulipas (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad Victoria plotted against Tamaulipas and México. The SNDi of new construction in Ciudad Victoria rose steadily, compared to Tamaulipas which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ciudad Victoria's incremental SNDi rose from 2.39 to 2.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad Victoria ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Tamaulipas and 39th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in México
55th of 182
Rank in Tamaulipas
3rd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in México
39th of 182
Rank in Tamaulipas
2nd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad VictoriaBidaFallujah

In new street additions, Ciudad Victoria built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bida built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Fallujah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Ciudad Victoria had a more connected network than Fallujah in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.