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Expressway traffic conditions during the Golden Week [Hokkaido version]

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May 7, 2018
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido office

NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Atsubetsu Ward, Sapporo City) has summarized the traffic conditions on the Hokkaido Expressway during the Golden Week period [April 27 (Fri) -May 6 (Sun): 10 days] as follows. So let me know.
(For comparison, April 28 (Fri) -May 7 (Sun), 2017: 10 days.)

Traffic overview

  • The average daily traffic volume of the main sections is 17,400 vehicles / day. About 4% decrease compared to last year.
  • There are 14 times of traffic over 1km. 3 times less than last year.
  • There are 2 times of congestion over 5km. 5 times less than last year.
  • The maximum congestion length is May 9 (Thursday) around 9:45, E38 15.0km that occurred between Doto Expressway Memuro IC (Interchange) ⇒ Tomamu IC. Last year, there was 28.0km of congestion in the same section.

Average daily traffic volume

[Average daily traffic volume during the nine main sections *]
(1) 2018 (2) 2017 YoY (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume 17,400 units / day 18,200 units / day 96%
* Detailed daily average traffic volume Attachment [PDF: 53KB] please look at.

2 congestion

[Number of traffic jams]
(1) 2018 (2) 2017 (3) Difference ((1)-(2))
Number of traffic jams over 1km 14 17 -3
Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 5 km or more 2 7 -5
Image of the number of traffic jams during the 2018 Golden Week period

Especially long traffic congestion (Worst 5)

Image of a particularly long traffic jam (Worst 5)

* IC stands for interchange and TN stands for tunnel.

[Reference] Congestion over 5km during the Golden Week period of 2017 (last year)

[Reference] Image of traffic over 5km during the Golden Week period of 2017 (last year)

* IC stands for interchange, PA stands for parking area, and TN stands for tunnel.

Image image of a word from traffic jam forecaster
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