Traffic conditions on Expressway during the Golden Week period (preliminary report) [NEXCO EAST Version]
From Saturday, April 25, 2009 to Wednesday, May 6, 2009: 12 days
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May 7, 2009
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Shigejiro Yagi) summarized the traffic conditions on the Expressway during the Golden Week period (hereinafter “GW period”).
- Compared to last year's GW period, this year, due to the blessed arrangement of days of the week and the implementation of special holiday discounts, 23 major sections Average daily cross-sectional traffic increases by around 10% around large cities and around 30% in rural areas. Did.
- Congestion length of 10km or more The number of traffic jams was 124 times, doubling compared to last year Did.
- The maximum traffic length is Out-bound direction is about 55 km at the beginning of the Tohoku Expressway Yaitakita PA (near Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture) around 7:00 pm on Saturday, May 2, and the In-bound direction is around 18:00 Kamikawachi SA on the Tohoku Expressway around 18:00 on Monday, May 4 ( Around Shioya Town, Tochigi Prefecture) About 43km at the beginning was.
- In addition, the traffic congestion record during the GW period this year was close to the traffic congestion forecast, but we will continue to conduct more detailed analysis to improve the accuracy as much as possible.
1 Average daily cross-sectional traffic volume in major sections
[Daily average cross-sectional traffic volume]
| Area classification | (1) 2008 GW period H20.4.25 ~ 5.6 12 days average (units/day) |
(2) 2009 GW period H21.4.25 ~ 5.6 12 days average (units/day) |
YoY (2)/(1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Around the big city | 86,900 | 92,000 | 106％ |
| Rural area | 24,200 | 31,100 | 129％ |
| All 23 major sections | 32,400 | 39,100 | 121％ |
- The daily average cross-sectional traffic for each of the 23 major sections is Reference material [PDF: 89KB] Please refer to the.
2 congestion
[Number of traffic jams]
| Congestion extension | this year | last year | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 124 times | 62 times | 200.0％ |
| Over 30km of traffic | 15 times | 9 times | 166.7％ |
[Traffic congestion area]
・Main traffic jams this year
| Vertical line | worst | Road name | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam location | Congestion extension | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out-bound line | （1） | Tohoku Expressway | Saturday, May 2 6:50 | Near Yaita North PA | 55.2 km | Traffic concentration/accident |
| （2） | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Sunday, May 3, around 8:15 | Near Hanazono IC | 52.6km | Traffic concentration/accident | |
| （3） | Joban Expressway | Sunday, May 3, around 12:50 | Near Tomobe JCT | 43.9km | Traffic concentration/accident | |
| Joban Expressway | Monday, May 4th, around 11:55 | Near Tomobe JCT | 43.9km | Accident/traffic concentration | ||
| In-bound line | （1） | Tohoku Expressway | Monday, May 4th, around 18:00 | Near Kamikochi SA | 42.7 km | Traffic concentration/accident |
| （2） | Tohoku Expressway | May 5 (Tue) 18:00 | Near Fukushima TN | 39.6km | Traffic concentration | |
| （3） | Tohoku Expressway | May 4 (Monday) around 16:10 | Near Kunimi IC | 37.0km | Traffic concentration |
・Main traffic congestion last year
| Vertical line | worst | Road name | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam location | Congestion extension | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out-bound line | （1） | Kan-Etsu Expressway | May 3 (Sat) 7:05 | Near Hanazono IC | 57.0km | Traffic concentration/accident |
| （2） | Tohoku Expressway | May 3 (Sat) 7:05 | Near Yaita IC | 42.2km | Traffic concentration/accident | |
| （3） | Tohoku Expressway | Sunday, May 4, around 8:05 | Near Kazo IC | 35.2km | Traffic concentration/accident | |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Sunday, May 4, around 11:05 | Near Higashimatsuyama IC | 35.2km | Traffic concentration/accident | ||
| In-bound line | （1） | Joban Expressway | May 5 (Mon) around 18:05 | Nagareyama IC neighborhood | 36.6km | Accident/traffic concentration |
| （2） | Tohoku Expressway | May 5 (Monday) around 16:00 | Near Kamikochi SA | 35.1km | Traffic concentration/accident | |
| （3） | Tohoku Expressway | Sunday, May 4, around 18:45 | Near Kazo IC | 33.2km | Traffic concentration/accident |
- IC: Interchange
JCT: Junction
SA: Service area
PA: Parking area
TN: Tunnel
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