Nuevo Laredo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nuevo Laredo 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
Nuevo LaredoTamaulipas (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nuevo Laredo plotted against Tamaulipas and México. The SNDi of new construction in Nuevo Laredo peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Nuevo Laredo's incremental SNDi fell from 2.64 to 2.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nuevo Laredo ranked 4th out of 8 cities in Tamaulipas and 50th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.19
Rank in México
18th of 182
Rank in Tamaulipas
1st of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in México
50th of 182
Rank in Tamaulipas
4th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nuevo LaredoKhagariaPyongsong

In new street additions, Nuevo Laredo and Pyŏngsŏng both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Khagaria built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nuevo Laredo and Pyŏngsŏng both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Khagaria became progressively more disconnected.