Comfortable drive forecast for Golden Week [NEXCO EAST Version]
~ The number of traffic jams is expected to be about the same as last year. Distributed use avoiding traffic jams
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- Comfortable drive forecast for Golden Week [NEXCO EAST Version]
April 6, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman of the Board: Shigejiro Yagi) is due to traffic concentration during the Golden Week period (12 days from April 28, 2010 (Wednesday) to May 9, 2010 (Sunday)). We have summarized traffic congestion prediction and countermeasures.
1 Request for distributed use
- Traffic congestion during the Golden Week Out-bound from Saturday, May 1 to Monday, May 3 To In-bound May 3 in the line (month) and 4 (Tuesday) To Peak 10km or more We predict that there will be a lot of traffic congestion. 〔See below〕
- Traffic congestion of 30 km or more at peak about, Out-bound is May 1 (Sat) and May 2 (Sun) To May 2 (Sun) to 4 (Tue) on the In-bound line It is expected to occur in. 〔See Attachment 1 [PDF: 91KB]]
- April 30th (Friday) is a weekday, but the holiday special discount is applied It has become. By all means, please use it and use it in a distributed manner.
- This traffic congestion forecast is based on the actual traffic volume increase and traffic congestion conditions confirmed during the traffic congestion seasons such as last week's Golden Week, Obon, and New Year's holidays as the effect of special holiday discounts.
- Main rest facilities where congestion is expected [See Attachment 2 [PDF: 21KB]] Is summarized in this section, so please use it for a comfortable travel plan. Please note that other rest facilities are expected to be more crowded than usual.
2 Secure parking for large vehicles
- During the Golden Week period [Wednesday, April 28-Sunday, May 9th, 2010], there will be rest facilities (88 locations within the jurisdiction of NEXCO EAST) that will focus on securing parking for large vehicles. See Attachment 3 [PDF: 17KB]]], so please use it for an efficient drive plan.
3 Plan for congestion measures
- Measures against congestion during the Golden Week See Attachment 4 [PDF:153KB] Regarding], we will continue to implement the following activities based on the traffic congestion forecast and the traffic congestion period after the special holiday discounts.
- In-bound speed decrease caution in slope, etc.
- Calling attention to the rear end of a traffic jam
- Relieve darkness and oppressive feeling by increasing the illumination of tunnel lighting
- Arrangement of parking lot organizers at rest facilities
- Installation of temporary toilet
- Secure parking for large vehicles
If distributed use is not planned sufficiently, it is expected that more congestion will occur. Therefore, please make good use of traffic congestion forecast information and the latest road traffic information, and cooperate with distributed use.
"Trends in traffic congestion"
The traffic congestion trends during the Golden Week are as follows
- Out-bound direction is from Saturday, May 1st to Monday, May 3rd. Expected to occur particularly frequently in
- In-bound direction: May 3 (Mon) and 4 (Tue) Expected to occur particularly frequently in
Prediction of the longest congestion in NEXCO EAST
- Out-bound, near the Kan-Etsu Expressway Hanazono Interchange (IC) on May 2 (Sun) (Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture) About 50km
- In-bound direction, near the Tohoku Expressway Yaita Interchange (IC) on Tuesday, May 4 (Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture) About 40kmOn Tuesday, May 4, near the Tohoku Expressway Fukushima Tunnel (TN) (Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture) About 40km
Prediction of the number of congestions with a congestion length of 10 km or more
- this year 134 Number of times (63 times Out-bound line, 71 times In-bound line)
Prediction of particularly long traffic congestion of 30 km or more〔See Attachment 1 [PDF: 91KB]]
- 11 times this year (Out-bound line 6 times, In-bound line 5 times) * Tohoku Expressway and Kan-Etsu Expressway
"Number of traffic congestion predictions over 10km during peak hours"
[Reference: Number of traffic jams during the last Golden Week period (H21.4.29 to H21.5.10 12 days) *Including the impact of accidents
126 times of traffic congestion over 10km (57 times Out-bound line, 69 times In-bound line)
15 times of traffic congestion over 30km (9 Out-bound lines, 6 In-bound lines)
"Notice"
- Providing traffic congestion prediction information〔See Attachment 5 [PDF: 1.0MB]]]
Traffic congestion forecast information is available on the NEXCO EAST information site "DraPla" (http://www.driveplaza.com/) And the mobile phone "DraPla Mobile" (http://m.driveplaza.com/), the traffic jam forecast calendar and the traffic jam forecast guide (distributed at rest facilities) etc.
- Traffic information service "Drive Traffic"〔See Attachment 6 [PDF: 1.0MB]]
In addition to "Drive Traffic" (http://m.drivetraffic.jp/), a traffic information service for Expressway using the Internet function of mobile phones, we are also providing a "Drive Traffic" service for PC.
These services provide Expressway tolls and SA/PA information together with "DraPla". This makes it easy to see the traffic information on the map, so please make use of it.
- Information useful for route selection〔See Attachment 7 [PDF: 1.0MB]]
In this Golden Week period, Tohoku Expressway, but it has been predicted a big traffic jam, etc., connecting the Tokyo area and Koriyama north of Expressway route of the Tohoku Expressway routes and to use the Joban Expressway-Ban-Etsu Expressway there is a route to use.
If Tohoku Expressway is predicted to cause a large amount of traffic, it may take a shorter time to use the Joban Expressway / Ban-Etsu Expressway route, so use "DraPla" etc. Please check the latest road traffic information.
In addition, at last year's Golden Week and Obon, Tohoku Expressway route (Urawa main line toll gate-Sendai Miyagi IC) and Joban Expressway / Ban-Etsu Expressway route (Misato main line toll gate-Sendai) Compared with the time required for (Miyagi IC), the Tohoku Expressway route is usually faster, but the Joban Expressway and Ban-Etsu Expressway routes are faster due to factors such as traffic congestion. There was a day
~Requesting customers to drive safely~
- Most troubles can be prevented by checking before driving!
- Wear a seat belt even in the back seat! (Must wear)
- Make sure that you have not forgotten to insert the ETC card or that it is not completely inserted!
- The ETC lane slows down to less than 20km/h, enters, then slows down to pass!
- Be careful of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam!
- Let's keep safe speed! Slow down just before the curve or JCT!
- Refuel and toilet early! Take a moderate break and drive safely!
- Should an accident or malfunction occur, immediately evacuate to a safe place and make an emergency call!
- Abnormality of road is road emergency dial "# 9910] To report!
~ Keep the rules and manners and drive comfortably! ~
- Stop sudden lane changes, so let's stop!
- When parking with SA/PA, park correctly at the designated place!
- The shoulder is a place for emergencies. Even if you are in a traffic jam, don't drive on the shoulders!
- The passing lane is the lane for overtaking. When you finish passing, go to the driving lane!
- Do not litter your garbage while driving!
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