Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Expressway during the Obon season
[Metropolitan area version]
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- Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Expressway during the Obon season [Metropolitan area version]
July 10, 2015
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
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (hereinafter NEXCO EAST) Kanto Regional Head Office and Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. (hereinafter NEXCO CENTRAL) Tokyo Regional Head Office and Hachioji Regional Head Office are at the Bon festival period [August 6, 2015 (Thursday) to 2015] 11 days on Sunday, August 16, 2014] Trends of traffic congestion (10 km or more) due to traffic concentration predicted to occur on Expressway in the Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture (including Tomei Toyokawa IC in Aichi prefecture) We have summarized the countermeasures and so on, so I will inform you.
Please refer to this traffic jam forecast to avoid peak traffic jams and adjust your departure times to help plan your trip. In addition, although it is predicted based on the past traffic jam results and recent traffic conditions, there is a possibility that the actual traffic congestion may differ from the prediction due to the influence of accidents and weather, so before departure Please check the latest traffic information.
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
We predict that the peak of the Out-bound line will be from Wednesday, August 12 to Friday, August 14, and the peak of the In-bound line will be from Friday, August 14 to Sunday, August 16.
By using the traffic congestion prediction and avoiding traffic congestion peaks, we hope that you can reduce traffic congestion and shorten travel time.
Out-bound (outside *1, To the east *2) For all 69 times
In-bound (inward *1 Going west *2) For all 111 times
- 1: Regarding the number of traffic jams expected on the Gaikan Expressway, "outer direction" toward Misato Minami IC, "inward direction" toward Oizumi JCT, and "outer direction" toward Okegawa Kitamoto IC on the Ken-o Expressway Direction” and “inward direction” toward the Chigasaki JCT.
- 2: The expected number of traffic jams on the Kita-Kanto Expressway is "Eastbound" towards Mito Minami IC and "Westbound" towards Takasaki JCT.
(2) Prediction of particularly long congestion (40 km or more)
| Direction | Peak Month, Day and the weekday |
Road name | Top of traffic jam (location) |
Time zone | Peak time | Peak Congestion length |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under |
8/13 Thu | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near the Hanazono IC | Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture | 5：00～14：00 | 9 o'clock | 45km |
| Up |
8/14 Fri | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near Takasaka SA | Higashi Matsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture (Higashi Matsuyama) | 14：00～23：00 | 18:00 | 40km |
| Tohoku Expressway | Near Kamikawachi SA | Tochigi Prefecture Kawachi Gun (Kawachigun) Kamikawachi Town (Kamikawachimachi) | 14：00～23：00 | 18:00 | 45km | ||
| 8/15 Saturday | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near Takasaka SA | Higashi Matsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture (Higashi Matsuyama) | 14:00 to 1:00 the next day | 18:00 | 45km | |
| Tohoku Expressway | Near Kamikawachi SA | Tochigi Prefecture Kawachi Gun (Kawachigun) Kamikawachi Town (Kamikawachimachi) | 12:00 to 4:00 the next day | 17:00 | 40km | ||
| Tomei Expressway | Near Yamato Tunnel | Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture | 14:00-2:00 the following day | 17:00 | 40km | ||
| 8/16 days | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near Takasaka SA | Higashi Matsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture (Higashi Matsuyama) | 13：00～23：00 | 16:00 | 45km | |
| Tohoku Expressway | Near Kamikawachi SA | Tochigi Prefecture Kawachi Gun (Kawachigun) Kamikawachi Town (Kamikawachimachi) | 10:00 to 1:00 the next day | 17:00 | 40km | ||
For a list of major congestions (peak congestion length of 10km or more) on Expressway Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture (including Tomei Toyokawa IC in Aichi prefecture) Attachment-1 [PDF: 159KB] Please refer to.
(3) Comparison with the Bon Festival last year (August 7, 2014 (Thursday) to August 17, 2014 (Sunday))
(The unit of the numerical value in the table is "times")
| Traffic jam scale | (1) 2015 Bon Festival forecast | (2) 2014 Bon Festival 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 | 69 | 111 | 180 | 82 | 103 | 185 | ▲13 | 8 | ▲5 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 8 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5 | ▲1 | 4 |
- It also includes 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:156KB] Please see.
3 Customer Service Initiatives (Countermeasures against congestion)
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.
[Countermeasure example]
~ Requesting customers to drive safely ~
- Incidents of people being hit by Expressway are increasing rapidly
If you are forced to get out of the car due to an accident or breakdown, signal the vehicle behind you with a hazard, a smoke tube, or a triangular stop display board, and then evacuate to a safe place and call the emergency phone etc. - Driving for a long time causes an accident
If you feel drowsiness or tiredness while driving, please 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 20km / 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
- For fuel and toilet, take an appropriate break as soon as possible and keep in mind 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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