Roadside Stations

Installers and Operators of Roadside Stations

I   Outline

1. Outline of Roadside Station System
   1) History of Roadside Stations and Changes in Concept
   2) Direction of Improvement seen in Roadside Station System
2. Status of Facility Improvements
   1) Trend in Number of Registrations
   2) Trend of Functions that Roadside Stations Provide
3. Issues in Roadside Stations and Directions toward Solutions
   1) Issues in Roadside Stations:
    

• Issues regarding operation/management
• Issues in responding to the need of functional expansions
• Issues to deal with "New Normal" caused by COVID-19 infections

          2) Directions toward Solutions

• Utilization of knowledge and capital from private companies and organizations
• Coordination among those concerned with Roadside Stations

II   Functional Expansions to Contribute in Regional Revitalization and Trend of Market Players

1. Analysis toward Functional Expansions
   1) Functional expansion for encouraging inbound tourism
   2) Functional expansion for being a point of contact for local tourism
   3) Functional expansion for promoting migration
   4) Functional expansion for promoting local industries
   5) Functional expansion for improving local welfare
   6) Functional expansion for improving high-level disaster preventions
2. Summary
   - 6 Cases of Business Models for Operational Improvement
   - 3 Cases of Business Models for Providing More Functions