Introduction of Roadside Stations and Their Dissemination in Asia

Roadside Stations are facilities that make it possible to address not only traffic problems but the widening economic gap between urban and rural areas and poverty in rural areas where people lack basic health care, opportunities for basic education, and opportunities to increase incomes. Roadside Stations benefit users such as local residents in several ways: 1) empower local resident through Community Driven Development; 2) incubate local businesses; 3) provide social services; and 4) improve road safety. Authors developed "Guideline of Roadside Stations" (2004) and introduced this concept at several workshops and seminars in developing countries, including local workshops in Kenya, "UNESCAP Conference on Transport and the Millennium Development Goals", and "The Seminar on MICHINOEKI in Vietnam". The authors also introduced this concept to China and carried out a feasibility study. China is building a network of major expressways to cover the entire country and constructed about 25,000 kilometers expressways by the end of 2002. However, as transportation becomes more convenient and large cities are linked by expressways, rural areas between the cities may undergo further economic decline as traffic merely passes through. Exchange between automotive traffic and the region will prevent economic decline and promote local self-sufficiency. Roadside Stations can serve as a tool that meets these needs. This paper introduces fact finding in the workshops and seminars and the result of the feasibility study.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Yokota, Toshiyuki
  • Nagasawa, Kotaro
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
• Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 19p
• Monograph Title: TRB 85th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Developing countries; Economic conditions; Economic development; Economic impacts; Feasibility analysis; Highway safety; Low income groups; Roadside rest areas; Rural areas; Social service; Socioeconomic development; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Empowerment; Local businesses; Local residents; Roadside stations
• Geographic Terms: Asia; China; Kenya; Vietnam
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01024640
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 06-1076
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 25 2006 7:56AM