On January 5th, East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. announced "Traffic conditions of Expressway during the traffic congestion period (breaking news)". How effective was the traffic congestion mitigation measures during the traffic congestion period? We have summarized the results of a detailed examination. (Consideration period: Tuesday, December 27th to Wednesday, January 4th, 9 days)

1 Congestion alleviation effect at main toll gates due to the spread of ETC

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During the period, the ETC usage rate within our jurisdiction was 46% (about 7.84 million units/day), which is about double the number of the same period last year (24% nationwide ETC usage rate).

With the spread of ETC, main toll gates on Expressway ^*1 So despite the increase in daily traffic, Congestion during the year-end and New Year period was reduced by about 90% from 2002, and it was reduced by half compared to the previous year., Not only ETC users, but all customers passing through the toll gates had the effect of alleviating traffic congestion due to the spread of ETC.

• 1 Main tollgates: Analyzed for all mainline tollgates within our jurisdiction where traffic congestion of 1km or more occurred during the year-end and New Year period from 2002 to 2004

2 Alleviate traffic congestion due to traffic concentration in the sag section etc.

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In-bound hill or sag part ^*2 In, In-bound there is the travel speed is reduced unconsciously when approaching the hill, congestion occurs. To alleviate such traffic congestion, we provided "speed recovery information using LED-marked vehicles" to alert customers to speed reductions, especially at locations where heavy traffic congestion was predicted.

Near the Tohoku Expressway Hanyu Interchange (IC) (In-bound line) and the Kan-Etsu Expressway Hanazono IC (In-bound line) where this measure was taken, Daily traffic was almost the same as last year, but traffic congestion decreased Did.

"Providing speed recovery information using LED-marked cars" will help alleviate traffic congestion at a low cost, so we will continue to implement it.

• 2 Sag part: refers to a recess, the road Out-bound from the hill In-bound the place to change the slope

3 Reduced traffic congestion near the Joban Expressway Misato Junction (JCT)

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Near the Joban Expressway Misato JCT (In-bound line), Congestion decreased despite the increase in daily traffic volume from last year Did. This is the capital city to connect Expressway in addition to that congestion from decreased, was opened in November last year 27 days Gaikan Expressway Misato JCT ~ Misato and stretching effect of the south IC, Misato also the effect of the lamp improvement of JCT I was seen.
* "Traffic conditions on the Expressway during traffic congestion (flash report)" announced on January 5, 2006 (Thursday) Here is.

We will continue to promote traffic congestion countermeasures and provide traffic congestion forecast information promptly. Please continue to use it for your travel planning.