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REST AREAS ARE REQUIRED ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS TO PROVIDE SAFE STOPPING PLACES. YET THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING REST AREAS WITH TOILETS, PICKNICKING FACILITIES, DRINKING WATER AND OTHER FACILITIES IS VERY HIGH, AND IT IS CERTAINLY NOT DESIRABLE TO CONSTRUCT MORE FACILITIES THAN NEEDED. THE 1968 NATIONAL REST AREA USAGE STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO ASSIST IN DETERMINING REST AREA NEEDS IN TERMS OF FACILITIES AND SPACING BY MEASURING THE PRESENT DEMAND FOR AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE USE OF EXISTING REST AREAS. A DETAILED INVENTORY AS OF JANUARY 1, 1968, REVEALED A TOTAL OF 6,756 REST AREAS ON THE FEDERAL-AID AND STATE PRIMARY HIGHWAY SYSTEMS, OF WHICH 784 WERE ON THE RURAL INTERSTATE AND 5,972 ON THE OTHER SYSTEMS. A TOTAL OF 78,619 INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1968. OF THIS TOTAL, 68,415 INTERVIEWS WERE COMPLETED ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM AND 10,204 ON THE OTHER SYSTEMS. SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS SHOW THAT APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES AS MANY VEHICLES STOP AT REST AREAS WITH TOILETS THAN THOSE WITHOUT TOILETS, APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF ALL PERSONS ENTERING REST AREAS USE THE TOILETS, IF AVAILABLE; AND USE OF REST ROOM, REST, AND EAT, IN RESPECTIVE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, ARE THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES FOR STOPPING. /AUTHOR/

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Figures (4) ; References (1) ; Tables (3)

Data collection; Demand; Facilities; Interviewing; Roadside rest areas; Spacing; Surveys; Toilet facilities

Characteristics; Eating; Rest

Design; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Terminals and Facilities

TRIS, TRB

Jun 11 1971 12:00AM

• EFFECTS OF DE-ICING SALTS ON ROADSIDE SOILS AND VEGETATION
• EFFECTS OF INTERSTATE RIGHT-OF-WAY MOWING ON WILDLIFE, SNOW BUILDUP, AND MOTORIST OPINION IN NORTH DAKOTA: A PRELIMINARY REPORT
• ESTABLISHING CROWN VETCH ON STEEP ACID SLOPES IN VIRGINIA
• METABOLIC INDEX AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN TREE HEALTH DETERMINATION
• PRACTICES FOR EROSION CONTROL ON ROADSIDE AREAS IN GEORGIA
• ROADSIDE COVER EQUIPMENT
• ROADSIDE DRY-LAND PLANTING RESEARCH IN MONTANA
• SALT TOLERANCE OF TREES AND SHRUBS TO DE-ICING SALTS
• SODIUM CHLORIDE UPTAKE IN GRASSES AS INFLUENCED BY FERTILITY INTERACTION
• WEED CONTROL ON OKLAHOMA HIGHWAYS