ABSTRACT
Insights into specific land use and transportation issues affecting SECs can also be gained by examining case experiences. This chapter summarizes an assortment of topics regarding site designs, land use planning, parking standards, jobs–housing relationships, and other issues for SECs in three metropolitan areas – Seattle, Chicago, and Houston. These three cases provided a cross-section of land use and transportation issues currently affecting suburban office centers in the United States. The Bellevue case suggests what can be achieved when suburban centers are transformed to places where people take priority over automobiles. Much of the information for the cases that follow was obtained through field research. Interviews with developers, employers, and local officials were conducted in each instance. They were supplemented by local reports, newspaper accounts, and other information sources gathered during the course of field study. The chapter highlights assorted land use, site development, and mobility issues surrounding some of the SECs in these metropolitan areas.
