El Paso in context: Street-network sprawl trends
El Paso in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Paso plotted against Texas and United States. The SNDi of new construction in El Paso followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Texas which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, El Paso's incremental SNDi fell from 3.98 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Paso ranked 30th out of 42 cities in Texas and 191st out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.48
- Rank in United States
- 79th of 333
- Rank in Texas
- 20th of 42
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.45
- Rank in United States
- 191st of 333
- Rank in Texas
- 30th of 42
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, El Paso fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Djibouti built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Calabar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Djibouti and Calabar both became progressively more disconnected, while El Paso became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. El Paso and Calabar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.