Summer drive trip planning born easier to use
With the unusual "New DraPla"!

~NEXCO EAST 's Expressway information site “DraPla” has been completely renewed~

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July 29, 2014
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) today completely renewed the Expressway information site "E-NEXCO Drive Plaza" (hereinafter "DraPla") on Tuesday, July 29.

"DraPla," which is used by about 7 million customers per month (average number of monthly visitors in 2013), is on the Expressway information site operated by NEXCO EAST. , The main contents are "high-speed toll/route search", "congestion/regulation information", "fee/discount/ETC information", "Web shopping", "travel product reservation", etc. Expressway and drive travel We provide various information and services related to. In addition, especially for times when traffic jams such as Obon and year-end and New Year or when traffic restrictions occur due to typhoons and heavy snow, Expressway is an effective means to acquire information for many customers. You are using it.

As a planning tool for this summer's drive trips and as a tool for gathering information during your trip, please use "New DraPla" which has been redesigned to be easy to use due to a complete redesign.

NEXCO EAST, we will continue to aim to improve the convenience of our customers and further improve our services so that car trips connected by Expressway will be more enjoyable and comfortable for our customers.

The points of the renewal are as follows.

1 A highly functional panel design has been adopted to greatly improve usability.

The information design has been radically reorganized and reorganized so that customers can access the information they need without hesitation, and a panel design that is intuitive and easy to operate is adopted. The new design with dynamic movement impresses customers with the joy of travel. In addition, we have made smartphone-compatible major pages that are frequently accessed so that you can easily use “DraPla” at your travel destination.

2 It has been reborn as an "high-speed charge/route search system" that is easier to use and has evolved.

Regarding "High Speed Toll/Route Search", which has the largest number of visitors in "DraPla", we have redesigned it to make it easier to use and expanded various functions that customers can use conveniently.

For example, we have added a new function that automatically calculates the estimated return amount for the "weekday morning and evening discount" that was introduced in April according to the departure date.

In addition, we have newly released the "JCT sign map" that allows you to check the shapes of the main junctions and road signs that have been requested by many customers on the site.

3 We have expanded new contents such as “Drive Column” that makes you want to go out for a drive if you read it.

Professional writers suggest the local attractions and ways to enjoy the service area from their own perspectives, such as "Nippon Uraku Hyakukei", "SA/PA Top 5 Everything", "Unknown Pathways" We have expanded our reading content. Not only can you refer to it when planning a drive trip, but it is also a content that you can enjoy even if you do not plan a drive trip immediately.

In addition, the new content "Your Dora Michi" that incorporates the elements of gamification, in which the original character "Dora Michi" of the lovely car grows gradually according to the usage status of the customer's site, To add additional fun.

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