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Congestion prediction on Expressway during Golden Week [national version]

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March 30, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.
Japan Road Traffic Information Center

NEXCO EAST, NEXCO CENTRAL, NEXCO WEST, JB Motoshi Expressway, Japan Road Traffic Information Center, during the Golden Week period [Friday, April 27, 2012-2012] 10 days on May 6th (Sunday)] Expressway for traffic congestion forecast.

1 Request for distributed use

  • During the Golden Week period, the Out-bound line is May 3 (Thursday)・4th (Friday) On the In-bound line From Thursday, May 3 to Saturday, May 5 In addition, it is predicted that there will be many congestions of 10 km or more during peak hours. (Refer to the figure below) Please avoid the traffic congestion by shifting the departure time of the customer before and after the time when peak traffic congestion is expected.
  • This traffic congestion forecast is based on the traffic conditions during the past Golden Week, when the special discount for holidays (upper limit of 1,000 yen for rural areas) was not applied, the Bon festival last year, and the traffic congestion during the New Year holidays.

[Estimation of particularly long traffic jams by vertical lines]

Image image of the prediction of the occurrence of particularly long traffic jams by vertical lines

[Number of daily congestion occurrences predicted to peak at 10 km or more] 357 times in total

Image image of the number of daily occurrences of traffic congestion predicted to peak at 10 km or more

[Comparison of the number of traffic jams with Golden Week last year] [Last year: H23.4.27 (Wed)-5.6 (Fri): 10 days (including the impact of accidents, etc.)]

Image image of the number of traffic jams compared with last year's Golden Week

[Shin-Tomei Expressway opening effect]

Shin-Tomei Expressway (Gotemba JCT-Mikkabi JCT) will be opened on Saturday, April 14, 2012. In 2011, there was 60 times of traffic congestion headed by Tomei Expressway (Gotemba IC-Mikkabi IC), but in 2012, the Tomei and Shin-Tomei (Gotemba JCT-Mikkabi JCT) were opened due to the opening of the Shin-Tomei. The traffic congestion beginning with is expected to be almost eliminated in two times.

Image of the effect of opening the Shin-Tomei Expressway

  • Due to the impact of traffic congestion headed by Tomei (near Uri TN), it is predicted that traffic congestion headed by Mikkabi JCT will occur in Shin-Tomei.

2 Plan for congestion measures

Based on the situation of congestion forecasts and last year's traffic congestion period (Golden Week, the Bon Festival, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.), in the period that is especially predict the intense congestion, In-bound speed decrease caution in the slope or the like, a rear-end collision attention to the traffic jam at the end We are planning to implement measures against congestion, such as inviting people, arranging parking lot organizers at rest facilities, installing temporary toilets, and securing large vehicle parking spaces.

[Countermeasure example]

Image of countermeasure example

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