Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Expressway Golden Week (GW)
-Please cooperate in distributed use to alleviate traffic congestion-
Out-bound peaks are May 3 (Sat) and 4 (Sun)
The peak of the In-bound line is May 4th (Sunday), 5th (Monday)/h1>
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- Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Expressway Golden Week (GW)
March 28, 2014
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office
Central Japan Expressway Tokyo Regional Head Office
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. Hachioji Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office and NEXCO CENTRAL Tokyo Regional Head Office /Hachioji Regional Head Office, GW [12 days from Friday, April 25, 2014 to Tuesday, May 6, 2014] Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture ( We would like to inform you that we have summarized the trends and countermeasures for traffic congestion (10 km or more) due to traffic concentration predicted to occur on Expressway such as Tomei Toyokawa IC in Aichi prefecture).
Please refer to this traffic jam forecast to avoid peak traffic jams and adjust your departure times to help plan your trip. Although the forecast is made based on past GW traffic congestion and recent traffic conditions, the actual traffic congestion may differ from the forecast due to accidents, weather conditions, etc. Please check the traffic information in.
In addition, each Expressway company provides traffic congestion forecast information and road traffic information with various tools. Please use it when using the Expressway.
1 Congestion prediction
(1) Trend of traffic congestion
Congestion in the Tokyo metropolitan area this time is predicted to have peaks on the Out-bound line on Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4, and peaks on the In-bound line on Sunday, May 4 and May. doing.
We hope that you can shorten the time required by using the traffic congestion prediction and avoiding traffic congestion peaks, so please cooperate.
- 1: The number of traffic jams expected on the Gaikan Expressway is "outer direction" toward Misato Minami IC and "inward direction" toward Oizumi JCT.
- 2: The expected number of traffic jams on the Kita-Kanto Expressway are "westbound" towards Takasaki JCT and "eastbound" towards Tomobe JCT.
(2) Prediction of particularly long traffic congestion (45 km or more)
| Direction | peak of time time ・ Day of the week |
Road name | Top of traffic jam (location) |
Time zone | peak Times of Day |
peak of time Congestion length |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under | Saturday, May 3 | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Hanazono IC near |
Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture (Fukayashi) |
5：00 ～ 15：00 |
8 o'clock | 50km |
| ChuoExpressway | Fujino PA near |
Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagami Harashi) |
5：00 ～ 16：00 |
7 o'clock | 45km | ||
| Up | May 5 (Mon) | Tohoku Expressway | Kazo IC near |
Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture (Kozoshi) |
14:00 ~ 0:00 the next day |
17:00 | 45km |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Takasaka SA near |
Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture (Higashishima Matsuyama) |
13:00 ~ 1:00 the next day |
18:00 | 45km | ||
| Tomei Expressway | Yamato Tunnel near |
Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Yamatoshi) |
11:00 ~ 3:00 the following day |
19o'clock | 45km | ||
For a list of major traffic jams (peak traffic congestion length of 10 km or more) on Expressway Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture (including Tomei Toyokawa IC in Aichi prefecture) Attachment-1 [PDF: 449KB] Please refer to.
(3) Comparison of the number of traffic jams with last year's GW (April 26, 2013 (Friday) to May 7, 2013 (Tuesday))
The unit of the numerical value in the table is "times"
| Traffic jam scale | (1) 2014 GW forecast | (2) 2013 GW results* | Difference ((1)-(2)) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | |
| Number of traffic jams over 10km | 61 | 76 | 137 | 71 | 78 | 149 | ▲10 | ▲2 | ▲12 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 8 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 23 | ▲3 | 0 | ▲3 |
* Including the impact of accidents.
2 How to obtain road traffic information
For how to obtain real-time road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction information, Attachment-2 [PDF: 268KB] Please see.
3 GW holiday discount application date
The holiday discount dates for this year's GW are as follows: In addition, from April 2014, the contents of ETC discount will be changed, and holiday discounts will not be applied to areas near the metropolitan area.
*April 28 (Mon) is also the day when the holiday discount is applied.
4 Customer service initiatives (congestion measures)
We will work to strengthen our customer services, including measures to alert people to the rear end of a traffic jam, staff parking lots in the service area, install temporary toilets, and secure parking for large vehicles.
| Items | Main measures | unit | Countermeasure plan quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main line section | (1) In-bound in the hill, etc. Speed reduction alert |
Location | 23 |
| (2) To the tail of the traffic jam Calling attention to a rear-end collision |
Location | 79 | |
| SAPA | (3) At rest facilities Parking lot arranging staff |
total People/day |
3,661 |
| (4) Installation of temporary toilet | Basis | 139 | |
| (5) Parking for large vehicles Secure |
Location | 58 |
[Countermeasure example]
~ Requesting customers to drive safely ~
- Expressway has seen a sharp increase in the number of people being hit by accidents. If you have to go out of the car due to an accident or breakdown, signal the car behind you with a hazard or triangular plate, evacuate to a safe place, and call the emergency phone etc.
- Driving for a long time is an accident If you feel drowsy or tired while driving, do not overdo it and take an early break.
- Please check the car before driving to prevent troubles during driving.
- Please wear all seat belts, including the back seats.
- Insert the ETC card securely
- Enter the ETC lane after decelerating to 20 km/h or less, and drive slowly inside the ETC lane.
- Please be careful of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam
- Before refueling or using the toilet, take an appropriate break as early as possible to drive safely.
- For abnormalities on the road, make an emergency call or road emergency dial # 9910 Please let us know
~ Requesting our customers to cooperate in alleviating traffic congestion ~
- Please use the traffic congestion prediction information and avoid peak times.
- In-bound as well as attention to the slowdown in the hill, take the vehicle-to-vehicle distance to enough, except when overtaking Please use the driving lane
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