Caguas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caguas in context

4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaguasPuerto Rico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caguas plotted against Puerto Rico. The SNDi of new construction in Caguas rose steadily, while Puerto Rico peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Caguas's incremental SNDi rose from 10.26 to 11.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caguas ranked 3rd out of 3 in Puerto Rico as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.72
Rank in Puerto Rico
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.58
Rank in Puerto Rico
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaguasBurkaShufune

In new street additions, Caguas built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Burka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Shufune built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Caguas and Burka both became progressively more disconnected, while Shufune became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Caguas and Burka have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.