Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Expressway Golden Week (GW) [Metropolitan area version]
The peak of the Out-bound line is from Saturday, May 1st to Monday, May 3rd.
The peak of the In-bound line is from Monday, May 3 to Tuesday, May 4.
~ This year, it is predicted that there will be a lot of traffic congestion as in the case of GW last year. Decentralized use to alleviate traffic congestion
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- Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Expressway Golden Week (GW) [Metropolitan area version]
April 6, 2010
East Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office
Central Japan Expressway Tokyo Regional Head Office
Central Japan Expressway Hachioji Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office and NEXCO CENTRAL Tokyo Regional Head Office /Hachioji Regional Head Office, during Golden Week [12 April 2010 (Wednesday) to 9 May 2010 (Sunday)] Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture We have summarized the trends and countermeasures for traffic congestion (10 km or more) due to traffic concentration that is expected to occur on the Expressway.
This year's Golden Week is expected to have more traffic congestion than the GW of last year due to special holiday discounts and five consecutive holidays. Please refer to this congestion forecast and shift the departure time before and after the time when the peak of the congestion is predicted, so please use it to create a comfortable travel plan.
The special holiday discount will be applied on April 30th (Friday).
Also, if you use ETC, you can use discounts such as time zones and smart interchanges.
(See NEXCO EAST or NEXCO CENTRAL website http://www.driveplaza.com/traffic/tolls_etc/ or http://www.c-nexco.co.jp/etc/)
In the ETC lane, keep a sufficient distance between vehicles and drive at a safe speed of 20 km/h or less. NEXCO EAST and NEXCO CENTRAL, speed control measures are being implemented to delay the opening timing of the ETC opening/closing bar. We ask for your understanding and cooperation.
1 Congestion prediction
This time, Out-bound congestion of the lines May 1 (Saturday) to 3 (Monday), In-bound is expected to congestion on line May 3 (Monday) to 4 days (Tuesday) is concentrated. In addition, if distributed use is not planned sufficiently, it is expected that more congestion will occur, so please use the latest traffic congestion forecast and the latest road traffic information well and cooperate with distributed use. ..
| Person surface | Peak time of time· Day of the week | Time zone | peak Time | Road name | Top of traffic (location) | Peak Congestion length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under Ri Person surface | 5/1 soil | 21:00 the day before ~ 18:00 | 10 o'clock | Tomei Expressway | Numazu (Numazu) Near IC | Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture (Numazu) | 45km |
| 4：00 ～ 13：00 | Six o'clock | Center The motorway | Sagami Lake (Sagamiko) Near IC | Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagami Harashi) | 40km | ||
| 5：00 ～ 12：00 | 7 o'clock | Kanetsu The motorway | Flower garden (Hanazono) Near IC | Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture (Fukayashi) | 45km | ||
| 21:00 the day before ~ 14:00 | Six o'clock | Tohoku The motorway | Kamikawachi (Kamikawachi) Near SA | Kamikochi Town, Kawachi District, Tochigi Prefecture (Kawachi Gunkami Kawachi Town) | 40km | ||
| 5/2 Day | 5：00 ～ 15：00 | 7 o'clock | Kanetsu The motorway | Flower garden (Hanazono) Near IC | Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture (Fukayashi) | 50km | |
| 5：00 ～ 14：00 | 7 o'clock | Center The motorway | Sagami Lake (Sagamiko) Near IC | Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagami Harashi) | 40km | ||
| 5/3 Month | 5：00 ～ 14：00 | Six o'clock | Center The motorway | Sagami Lake (Sagamiko) Near IC | Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagami Harashi) | 40km | |
| Up Ri Person surface | 5/2 Day | 5：00 ～ 20：00 | 9 o'clock | Tomei Expressway | Fuji River (Fujikawa) Near SA | Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture (Fuji) | 40km |
| 5/3 Month | 14:00 ~ 3:00 the following day | 19o'clock | Tomei Expressway | Yamato (Yamato) Near TN | Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Yamatoshi) | 45km | |
| 5/4 fire | 11:00 ~ 3:00 the following day | 19o'clock | Tomei Expressway | Yamato (Yamato) Near TN | Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Yamatoshi) | 45km | |
| 12:00 ~ 3:00 the following day | 16:00 | Tomei Expressway | Numazu (Numazu) Near IC | Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture (Numazu) | 40km | ||
| 11:00 ~ 4:00 the following day | 17:00 | Tohoku The motorway | Sheet pile (I did it) Near IC | Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture (Yashishi) | 40km | ||
For a list of major traffic jams (peak traffic jam length of 10km or more) on Expressway in the Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture, see Attachment-1 [PDF: 60KB] Please refer to.
2 Major rest facilities where congestion is expected
During the GW period, congestion is expected in rest areas such as service areas due to the increase in traffic. (Attachment-2, 3 [PDF: 112KB]) Avoid congestion and take an early break.
3 How to obtain road traffic information
For information on how to obtain real-time road traffic information and traffic congestion forecast information, please see Attachment-4 [PDF: 79KB].
4 Customer service initiatives (congestion measures)
Since it is expected to be as crowded as GW last year, we will work on strengthening customer services such as measures to alert rear-end collision at the end of traffic congestion, staffing parking lots in service areas, and installing temporary toilets. (Attachment-5-6 [PDF:65KB])
5 Plan to secure parking for large vehicles
The rest facilities that are planned to secure large-sized car parking spaces during GW are summarized in Attachments 7-9 [PDF: 119KB], so please use them for an efficient drive plan.
6 Requests to Customers
During this time, Expressway and service areas are very crowded.
To avoid traffic jams and to travel safely, we ask our customers to check this [PDF: 16KB].
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