Congestion prediction on Expressway during the year-end and New Year period [national version]

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November 27, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.
(Public foundation) Japan Road Traffic Information Center

NEXCO EAST / NEXCO CENTRAL / NEXCO WEST / JB Motoshi Highway / (public interest incorporated foundation) Japan Road Traffic Information Center Year-end and New Year period [10 days from Saturday, December 26, 2015 to Monday, January 4, 2016] We have compiled a traffic jam forecast based on the concentration of traffic on the Expressway.

▼ Congestion trends and requests for distributed use
There is a lot of traffic congestion from Saturday, January 2 to Sunday, January 3 I predict.
Shift departure time based on forecast For example, use without traffic congestion.
・Before departure and during use Utilization of the latest road traffic information To.

1 Congestion prediction

Days when it is predicted that congestion of 10 km or more will occur frequently
[Out-bound line]: Saturday, January 2 [In-bound Line]: Saturday, January 2

[Number of traffic congestion predictions over 10 km] Vertical line total 183 times

Image image of the number of times of traffic congestion prediction of 10 km or more

[Especially long traffic jam prediction]

SA: Service area, IC: Interchange, TN: Tunnel

Company classificationVertical lineRoad nameCongestion peak date and timePeak congestion length (km)Traffic jam location
East JapanIn-bound lineKan-Etsu ExpresswaySaturday, January 2, around 18:0040kmNear Takasaka SA
Central JapanOut-bound lineTomei ExpresswaySaturday, January 2 13:0030kmNear Otowa Gamagori IC
In-bound lineTomei ExpresswaySunday, January 3, around 17:0050kmNear Yamato TN
Western JapanIn-bound lineChugoku ExpresswaySaturday, January 2 16:0030kmNear Takarazuka West TN

*Congestion over 30km during peak hours other than the above table, Attachment [PDF: 81KB] Please confirm.

2 Request for distributed use

  • Of expected traffic congestion Drive plans that avoid time zones!
  • Relatively little traffic congestion Drive plan from night to early morning!

[Avoidance effect during peak traffic hours]
For example, if you used the Tomei Shizuoka IC to Tokyo IC on Saturday, January 3, 2015,
By shifting the departure time, you can avoid congestion and shorten the time required was. (See table below)

Image of avoidance effect during peak traffic hours

[Providing road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction information]

  • Latest road traffic situation May be subject to traffic congestion due to accidents, weather, etc. Please make use of this before departure or during travel.
  • Traffic congestion forecast , You can see the location of the congestion, the length of the congestion for each time zone, the time of peak congestion, etc. Please use it to plan your travel dates and times.
  • You can use road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction information from the following sites.
    NEXCO EAST
    NEXCO CENTRAL
    NEXCO WEST
    JB Motoshi high speed
    Japan Road Traffic Information Center

3 Request for alleviation of traffic congestion

Customer's A little effort will help alleviate traffic congestion. Thank you for your cooperation.

In-bound image of speed decrease caution in slope, etc.
  • In-bound attention to the rate of decrease in the slope
    In-bound in a place that is alerting the slowdown, such as slope, for your cooperation to speed recovery!
  • Do not reduce the distance between vehicles too much
    Ensure sufficient inter-vehicle distance so that you do not press the brakes while driving!
  • Do not change lanes
    Excessive lane changes during traffic jams will worsen traffic congestion!

4 Request for safe driving

Image of warning of rear-end collision at the end of traffic jam

Accidents frequently occur during traffic congestion. When using the Expressway "Wear all seat belts" When "Frequent and early breaks" Please take the following precautions.
In addition, on the Expressway we guide you to the warning of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam.

5 Plans for measures against congestion at rest facilities

Based on traffic congestion forecasts and past traffic congestion periods (GW, Obon, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.) Arrangement of parking lot organizers, installation of temporary toilets, and securing of parking for large vehicles We plan to implement measures against congestion, etc.

6 Beware of snow on Expressway winter

Image image of alerting by information board

On winter Expressway, you may experience sudden heavy snowfall. In case of emergency, please bring a tire chain and use winter tires (such as studless tires). Snowy roads in winter are slipperier than dry ones. On such a road surface, driving with a sudden (sudden steering wheel, sudden acceleration, sudden braking) is extremely dangerous. Moderate speed To Sufficient inter-vehicle distance Please take precautions for safe driving.

(reference)
The FY2014 results include traffic congestion due to the impact of accidents.

Traffic jam scale(1) FY2015 forecast(2) FY2014 results *2Difference ((1)-(2))
totalgoing downgoing uptotalgoing downgoing uptotalgoing downgoing up
Number of traffic congestion of 10km or more * 1183 times64 times119 times214 times80 times134 times▲31 times▲16 times▲ 15 times
Number of traffic jams over 30km13 times4 times9 times19 times3 times16 times▲ 6 times+1 time▲ 7 times
  • 1 The number of traffic jams over 10 km includes the number of traffic jams over 30 km.
  • 2 FY 2014 results are for 10 days from December 26, 2014 (Friday) to January 4, 2015 (Sunday).

For traffic congestion forecasts by region, please refer to the materials released by each road company.

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