Expressway traffic during the year-end and New Year period [Hokkaido version]
From Thursday, December 23, 2010 to Tuesday, January 4, 2011: 13 days
[Comparison target: Wednesday, December 23, 2009-Monday, January 4, 2010: 13 days]
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- Expressway traffic during the year-end and New Year period [Hokkaido version]
January 5, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Atsubetsu Ward, Sapporo City) has summarized the traffic conditions on Expressway in Hokkaido during the year-end and New Year holidays as follows.
Number of units used during one period
Average number of units used per day About 155,000 And compared to last year 28.2% increase Did. This is probably due to the effect of the free social experiment conducted on June 28, last year.
During the year-end and New Year holidays (December 28th to January 4th), usage trends were the same as last year, except last year when there was a long suspension of traffic due to snow on January 2nd. Also, the difference from the peak day in the first half of the year compared to last year seems to be due to the difference in the day of the week arrangement.
[Number of units used per day]
| Expressway meter | This year | Last year | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 155,098 | 121,028 | 128.2％ | |
| Do-O Expressway | 97,978 | 74,939 | 130.7％ |
| Sasson Expressway | 42,404 | 39,745 | 106.7％ |
| Doto Expressway | 14,716 | 6,344 | 232.0％ |
2 congestion
Congestion over 1km occurred 4 times, 2 times less than last year (6 times).
The longest was traffic jam, on December 24 (Friday) Sasson Expressway which was a top Shinkawa Inter exit, congestion extension of the peak (25 around minute 18:00) became the 3.2km.
[Number of traffic jams]
| Congestion extension | This year | Last year | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 1km of traffic | 4 times | 6 times | -Twice |
| Congestion over 5km | 0 times | 0 times | ± 0 times |
| total | 4 times | 6 times | -Twice |
[Main traffic congestion points]
| Road name | direction | Traffic jam location | Traffic jam (peak) | Congestion extension | Cause of traffic jam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sasson Expressway | In-bound Otaru direction | Shinkawa IC Exit | December 24th (Friday) Around 18:25 | 3.2km | Traffic concentration |
| 2 | Hokkaido road | In-bound Sapporo direction |
Near Iwamizawa SA | January 3 (Monday) Around 12:40 |
2.3km | Traffic accident |
| 3 | Sasson Expressway | In-bound Otaru direction | Sapporo Kita IC Exit | December 24th (Friday) Around 19:10 | 1.6km | Traffic concentration |
| 4 | Hokkaido road | In-bound Muroran direction |
Sapporo Minami IC Exit | Wednesday, December 29 Around 10:25 |
1.6km | Due to suspension of traffic Exit traffic |