Congestion near the Joban Expressway In-bound Misato Junction (JCT) decreased

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September 8, 2006
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

Congestion near the Joban Expressway In-bound Misato Junction (JCT) decreased

  • Tokyo Outer Ring Road in 2005 November 27 (Sun) Misato JCT ~ Misato and the opening of the south IC, Joban Expressway In-bound Misato lamp improvement of JCT was completed.
    (Joban Expressway In-bound from Misato and the car toward the IC west exit, as congestion measures by car traffic complicated towards the Tokyo Outer Ring Road from the capital high, Misato we established the IC west exit-only ramp reference. Fig. 3)
  • Compared with the prior-year period Joban Expressway In-bound traffic volume of it has increased. (Vehicle detector data)
    FY17 55.3 thousand units ⇒ FY18 56.0 thousand units (+1.7%)
    (Joban Expressway In-bound Misato JCT-Nagareyama IC)
    *Aggregated values during the Bon Festival (8/9-8/20) (vehicle detector data)
  • Misato due to effect an improvement of the lamp of JCT, Joban Expressway In-bound Misato traffic jam that was the beginning of the JCT, has greatly reduced than the prior-year period.
    Traffic congestion *1) FY2017: 147km・hr ⇒ FY2018: 86km・hr (▲41%)
    Number of traffic jams) FY17: 25 times ⇒ FY18: 17 times (▲32%)
    Maximum congestion length) FY2017: 25km ⇒ FY2018: 8km
    *Aggregated values during the Bon Festival (8/9-8/20)
  • 1 Congestion amount: Index indicating the size of congestion (congestion length x congestion time)