Montoya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Montoya in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MontoyaTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Montoya plotted against Texas and United States. While Texas and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Montoya's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Montoya's incremental SNDi fell from 4.57 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Montoya ranked 34th out of 42 cities in Texas and 245th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.5
Rank in United States
214th of 333
Rank in Texas
33rd of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.95
Rank in United States
245th of 333
Rank in Texas
34th of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MontoyaHuichangOdessa

In new street additions, Montoya and Odessa both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Huichang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Montoya and Odessa both became progressively more disconnected, while Huichang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.