Salto in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Salto in context

0.91.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SaltoUruguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salto plotted against Uruguay. The SNDi of new construction in Salto followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Uruguay rose steadily. Most recently, Salto's incremental SNDi rose from 3.72 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salto ranked 8th out of 8 in Uruguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.26
Rank in Uruguay
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.53
Rank in Uruguay
8th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SaltoMrauk UFusagasuga

Salto, Mrauk U, and Fusagasugá all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Salto had a more sprawly network than Fusagasugá in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.