Bayamón [San Juan] in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bayamon [San Juan] in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bayamón [San Juan] plotted against San Juan and Puerto Rico. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bayamón [San Juan]'s incremental SNDi fell from 9.22 to 7.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bayamón [San Juan] ranked 1st out of 1 cities in San Juan and 2nd out of 3 in Puerto Rico as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.29
- Rank in Puerto Rico
- 2nd of 3
- Rank in San Juan
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.55
- Rank in Puerto Rico
- 2nd of 3
- Rank in San Juan
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Hengyang, China
- Dnipro, Ukraine
- Cartagena, Colombia
- Ulsan, South Korea
- Darbhanga, India
- Erode, India
While Hengyang and Ulsan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Bayamón [San Juan] built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Bayamón [San Juan] and Ulsan both became progressively more disconnected, while Hengyang fluctuated in connectivity. Bayamón [San Juan] and Hengyang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.