Tampico in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tampico 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
TampicoTamaulipas (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tampico plotted against Tamaulipas and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tampico's incremental SNDi rose from 3.71 to 3.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tampico ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Tamaulipas and 111th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.91
Rank in México
107th of 182
Rank in Tamaulipas
7th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.91
Rank in México
111th of 182
Rank in Tamaulipas
8th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TampicoKasurAjmer

While Kasur and Ajmer both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Tampico fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.