1, different facilities

The service area provides parking lots, public toilets, gas stations, auto repair shops, restaurants and canteens, with an average distance of about 50 kilometers;

The parking area provides facilities such as public toilets and benches and a small number of parking spaces.

2, the classification is different

Service areas are mainly divided into unilateral service areas and bilateral service areas.

Parking areas are mainly divided into observation deck along the road and general parking areas.

3. Different characteristics

The service area is characterized by the mobility and fluidity of the service object, the one-off and single service object, the instability of passenger flow, the diversity of service demand and the particularity of geographical location;

The parking area not only has the characteristics of liquidity and fluidity of the service object, one-time and single service object and unstable passenger flow, but also has the characteristics of improving highway traffic safety and effectively reducing construction and management costs.

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