Typological features and prospective lines of development of roadside service facilities in Belarus

Introduction: the methods of roadside service network development implemented in Belarus were identified. Structure, architectural and spatial solutions, and general functional zoning of a service facility territory were considered for the roadside service facilities located along Belarus main motor roads. The study aims at the revelation of typological features of roadside service network elements in Belarus and their structure-based classification as well as the development of the main provisions on the formation of these facilities based on the current situation analysis and prospective lines of building up a service system in the areas of influence of national importance roads. Materials and methods: the work was carried out through systematization, structural and comparative analyses, theoretical synthesis of the data obtained from the detailed analysis of literature and statistical sources, field surveys of roadside service facilities located along the national-importance roads in Belarus. Likewise design estimation documentation for the constructed facilities was applied. During the field surveys, photo fixation and graph-analytic analysis methods were used. Results: the article suggests the classification of roadside service facilities, reveals the methods of network development, considers functional zoning and offers a concept of prospective formation of the facilities in Belarus. Conclusions: theoretical and methodological foundations of the facility formation were developed, which allows accomplishing more reasonable and objective decisions regarding the development of the roadside service network. The developed classification allows defining new approaches to the formation of the network individual elements. The suggested concept of a modular system for the prospective formation of the roadside service in Belarus can form a basis for the initial build-up and temporary transformation of the facilities and the system as a whole and can be used to develop regulatory requirements for their planning structure and architectural and spatial solution.