AMERICA'S SUBURBAN CENTERS: A STUDY OF THE LAND-USE-TRANSPORTATION LINK

This report explores the evolution of suburban employment centers (SEC), and their implications for transportation and infrastructure planning. Using transportation and employment data for 57 of these centers in 26 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas, cluster analysis identified six characteristic kinds of development. These were office parks, office centers and concentrations, large scale mixed-use developments, moderate sized mixed-use developments, sub-cities, and large scale office growth corridors. Each kind of development has its own specific transportation conditions or problems associated with it, but the study concluded that higher density, more mixed-use suburban workplaces with nearby affordable housing could yield substantial mobility benefits in the long run. Detailed case studies of the Seattle, Houston, and Chicago suburbs illustrate the kinds of transportation issues facing suburban areas. Institutional, regulatory, and site design initiatives which could help improve suburban mobility are also described. The report should be especially valuable to transportation planners in suburban areas.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/388
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation Studies Library
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  Rice Center

  9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1900
  Houston, TX  United States  77046

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cervero, R
• Publication Date: 1988-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 189 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business districts; Case studies; Commuting; Infrastructure; Land use; Mobility; Suburbs; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning; Travel patterns
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 6
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00477580
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-TX-06-0054-88-1, DOT-T-88-14
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-TX-06-0054
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1988 12:00AM