Original sentence: In turn, it is somewhat harder to visit such private facilities, because one has to first exit the freeway and navigate through several intersections to reach a desired restaurant's parking lot, rather than exit directly into a rest area's parking lot
Edited sentence: Most commercial travel centers are at major off-ramps and nearly as easy to visit as rest stops.Some, however, may be several intersections away, requiring the traveler to navigate "surface streets" to reach a desired facility's parking lot, rather than exit directly into a rest area's parking lot