Matamoros in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Matamoros in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Matamoros plotted against Tamaulipas and México. The SNDi of new construction in Matamoros 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, Matamoros's incremental SNDi rose from 2.39 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Matamoros ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Tamaulipas and 42nd out of 182 in México as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.12
- Rank in México
- 61st of 182
- Rank in Tamaulipas
- 4th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.22
- Rank in México
- 42nd of 182
- Rank in Tamaulipas
- 3rd of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Matamoros built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jixi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bologna fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Matamoros and Bologna have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.