Congestion prediction on Expressway during the year-end and New Year period [NEXCO EAST version]
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November 25, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized traffic congestion predictions on Expressway during the year-end and New Year period [Wednesday, December 28, 2020 to Wednesday, January 4, 2023: 8 days]. I will let you know.
In addition, from the perspective of preventing the Large of new coronavirus infection, please avoid traffic jams by changing the date and time of use.
1. 1. Overview of traffic jam forecast
Request for decentralized use
- In the Out-bound direction, traffic jams are expected to occur frequently on January 2 (Monday).
- Traffic jams are expected to occur frequently on January 2nd (Monday) and 3rd (Tuesday) in the In-bound direction.
《Number of traffic jams over 10km》
- The Out-bound direction includes the outer loop of the C3 outer ring road and C4 Ken-O Ken-O Road, and the eastbound of the E50 Kita Kanto Expressway.
- In-bound includes C3 Gaikan Expressway, C4 Ken-O Ken-O Road inner loop, and E50 North Kanto Expressway westbound
Prediction of particularly long traffic jams in NEXCO EAST jurisdiction
[Congestion forecast for 15km or more is Attachment 1 [PDF: 601KB]]
《Comparison of the number of traffic jams with the year-end and New Year period of 2019》
| Traffic jam scale | 2022 12/28 (Wed) - 1/4 (Wed) |
2019 12/28 (Sat) - 1/4 (Sat) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of predictions | Total traffic count | Number of traffic jams due to traffic concentration (*) | |
| 10km or more | 51 times | 54 times | 47 times |
(Reference) 《Comparison of the number of traffic jams with the year-end and New Year period of 2021》
| Traffic jam scale | 2022 12/28 (Wed) - 1/4 (Wed) |
2021 12/28 (Tue) - 1/4 (Tue) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of predictions | Total traffic count | Number of traffic jams due to traffic concentration (*) | |
| 10km or more | 51 times | 51 times | 42 times |
* The number of traffic jams due to traffic concentration means the number of traffic jams excluding the effects of accidents, etc.
2. Congestion measures
Based on this traffic congestion forecast and the situation of past traffic congestion periods (year-end and New Year holidays, Obon, Golden Week, etc.), we will implement the following initiatives. [Attachment 2 [PDF: 909KB]]
◆ Efforts in the main line
・Alert to reduce speed on In-bound, etc. ・Alert to rear-end collisions at the end of traffic jams
◆ Efforts at rest facilities
・Arrangement of parking lot controllers ・Securing of parking spaces for large vehicles ・Installation of temporary toilets, etc.
3. Traffic Congestion Period Special Site/Traffic Congestion Forecast Guide Information
NEXCO EAST 's website for customers "DraPla" has a traffic jam forecast guide, and traffic jam forecasters at each Regional Head Office explain how to avoid traffic jams in videos. In addition, traffic jam forecast guides are distributed in booklets at each rest facility in addition to the "DraPla" site, so please make use of them.
Please check the content of the traffic congestion predictions, and from the perspective of preventing the Large of new coronavirus infection, please change the day and time of use to avoid traffic congestion.
Special site for traffic congestion period
Four. Precautions regarding ETC holiday discounts
During the year-end and New Year period, holiday discounts for Expressway, etc. will not be applied on December 31st (Sat), January 1st (Sun), 2nd (Mon), and 3rd (Tue).
Exemption from holiday discount
Five. Request for alleviation of traffic congestion
A small amount of customer attention will help alleviate traffic congestion. Thank you for your cooperation.
- Watch out for speed drops on In-bound and "sag"
Please help us to recover speed in places where we warn you to slow down, such as In-bound and sag parts! - Do not reduce the distance between vehicles too much
Ensure sufficient inter-vehicle distance so that you do not press the brakes while driving! - Please refrain from changing lanes
Unnecessary lane changes during traffic jams can lead to even worse traffic jams!
6. Topics
Regarding "examples of avoiding particularly long traffic jams", we introduce topics that lead to traffic congestion avoidance and reduction.
[Attachment 3 [PDF: 872KB]]
7. 7. Request for safe driving to customers
When using the Expressway, please check the "Knowledge when using the Expressway" [Attachment 4 [PDF: 2.4MB]] before departure so that all drivers and passengers can drive safely. please give me.
The NEXCO EAST Group has positioned the period from 2021 to 2025 as "a period that contributes to the achievement of the SDGs and transforms into a new future society," and is making various efforts.
We believe that this "congestion prediction on Expressway during the Obon period" will contribute to the SDGs targets No. 3 and No. 9 as business activities that will lead to the provision of safe road spaces by alleviating traffic congestion.
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