Tokyo Bay Area and Ken-O Road Fee Social Experiment (Experimental Results)
- Corporate Top
- Press Room
- Press Release Kanto Regional Head Office
- Tokyo Bay Area and Ken-O Road Fee Social Experiment (Experimental Results)
November 9, 2007
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kanto Regional Development Bureau
NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office
NEXCO CENTRAL Hachioji Regional Head Office
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is conducting a fee-based social experiment for the further effective use of the Expressway network. As part of this, in order to ease chronic traffic congestion in the city center, we have been conducting "Bay Discount" and "Ken-O Road rate social experiment" in the area around Tokyo Bay in order from August 2007. ..
We are continuing the experiment even now, but we will inform you because we have compiled a preliminary report of the experiment result.
Regarding the results of this experiment (preliminary figures), among the members of the Advisory Council (Chair: Takehiko Sugiyama, President of Hitotsubashi University) on the Tokyo Bay Area and Ken-O Road Fee Social Experiment, members with academic background will give their opinions. It was
Bay Discount
- In the time-zone discount experiment, the amount of aqualine traffic increased by 18% on weekdays and 22% on holidays compared to before the experiment.
- In the special section discount experiment, the aqualine traffic to and from the target 8ICs increased by 19% to 41% compared to before the experiment, especially on holidays in the east Kanto Expressway, with a 69% increase and higher growth. It has become.
- The amount of traffic on the Gulf road is on a decreasing trend compared to before the experiment, and the conversion from the Gulf route to the aqualine route is seen in both the time zone discount and specific section discount tests.
- Of the respondents to the survey, 50% answered that they have started to use the Aqualine route from the Gulf route due to the charge discount, and "I used it if I knew the charge discount". We are going to switch to the line route.
- About 40% or more of the discounted ICs for specific section discounts are "slightly dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied," and many people want to Large discounted sections.
Ken-O Road
- The traffic volume using all lines of Ken-O Road increased by about 16% compared to before the experiment.
- The traffic volume that continuously uses the Chuo Expressway and Ken-O Road has increased by about 13% compared to before the experiment.
- Compared to before the experiment, the traffic on the Ken-O Road increased by about 18%, while the traffic on the parallel National Highway 16 decreased by about 18%. In addition, as the number of people who continue to use the Chuo Expressway and the Ken-O Road has increased, the traffic volume to and from the Hachioji IC in the city center has decreased by approximately 5%.
- Ken-O Road "Have you ever used" or one of the people who answered "use would like to," the, more than 20% of the people "by the social experiment of discount Ken-O Road has responded to utilize a".
To view the PDF file, you need the Adobe Systems plug-in software "Acrobat Reader (Japanese version)". If you do not have Download from here (free)Please use it.