Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Expressway Golden Week (GW) [Metropolitan area version]
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- Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Expressway Golden Week (GW) [Metropolitan area version]
April 3, 2018
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 located on the Expressway Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture. Golden Week (GW) period [10 days from April 27, 2018 (Friday) to May 6, 2018 (Sunday)] We have summarized the trends and countermeasures for traffic congestion prediction (traffic concentration traffic congestion of 10 km or more) in.
Please use this traffic forecast to avoid peak traffic and adjust your departure time to help plan your trip. This forecast is based on past traffic congestion during the GW period and recent traffic conditions.However, the actual traffic congestion may differ from the forecast due to accidents, weather, 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
Out-bound is expected to be heavily congested on Thursday, May 3rd, and In-bound is expected to be heavy on May 4th (Fri) and 5th (Sat).
By using the traffic congestion prediction and avoiding traffic congestion peaks, we hope that you can reduce traffic congestion and shorten travel time.
- 1: C3 Regarding the number of traffic jams predicted on the Gaikan Expressway, the "outer direction" towards Misato Minami IC and the "inward direction" toward Oizumi JCT, C4 Ken-o Expressway is designated as "outer direction" toward Daiei JCT and "inward direction" toward Chigasaki JCT.
- 2: E50 The number of traffic jams predicted by 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 of time time ・ Day of the week | Road name | Top of traffic jam (location) | Time zone | peak Times of Day | Peak Congestion length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under | 5/3 tree | E4 | Tohoku Expressway | Near Hanyu PA | Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture | 5：00～14：00 | 8 o'clock | 40km |
| E6 | Joban Expressway | Near Sakura Tsuchiura IC | Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture | 6：00～14：00 | 10 o'clock | 40km | ||
| E17 | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near the Hanazono IC | Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture | 5：00～16：00 | 9 o'clock | 50km | ||
| E1 | Tomei Expressway | Near Isehara BS | Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Iseharashi) | The day before from 22:00 to 15:00 | Six o'clock | 40km | ||
| E20 | ChuoExpressway | Near Sagamiko IC | Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagamiharashi) | 4：00～18：00 | 5 o'clock | 45km | ||
| 5/4 gold | E17 | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near the Hanazono IC | Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture | 6：00～14：00 | 8 o'clock | 40km | |
| E20 | ChuoExpressway | Near Sagamiko IC | Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagamiharashi) | 5：00～13：00 | Six o'clock | 40km | ||
| Up | 5/4 gold | E17 | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near Takasaka SA | Higashi Matsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture (Higashi Matsuyama) | 15：00～23：00 | 18:00 | 40km |
| 5/5 Saturday | E4 | Tohoku Expressway | Near Kamikawachi SA | Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture | 11：00～22：00 | 16:00 | 40km | |
| E17 | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near Takasaka SA | Higashi Matsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture (Higashi Matsuyama) | 12:00 to 1:00 the next day | 18:00 | 45km | ||
(3) Comparison of the number of traffic jams with the GW period of last year (Friday, April 28, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017)
The unit of the numerical value in the table is "times"
| Traffic jam scale | (1) Forecast for 2018 | (2) Results for 2017 | Difference ((1)-(2)) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | |
| Number of traffic jams over 10km | 73 | 115 | 188 | 59 | 95 | 154 | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 9 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 17 | -1 | 7 | 6 |
2 How to obtain road traffic information
For how to obtain real-time road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction information, Attachment-2 [PDF: 326KB] 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]
- 3: The sections for which congestion extension information is provided are as follows.
E1 Tomei (Tokyo IC-Toyokawa IC), E1A New Tomei (Gotemba JCT-Mikkabi JCT), E4 Tohoku Expressway (Kawaguchi JCT-Yaita IC), E6 Joban Expressway (Misato JCT-Hitachi Minamiota IC), E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway (Nerima IC-Showa IC), E50 North Kanto Expressway (Takasaki JCT-Ota Yabutsuka IC, Ota Kiryu IC-Iwafune JCT, Tochigi Tsuga JCT-Utsunomiyakami Mikawa IC, Kasama West IC-Mito Minami IC), E51 East Kanto Expressway (starting point-Narita IC), E65 New Airport Road, E14 Keiyo Road, Tateyama Road, Futtsu Tateyama Road (excluding the Konan Toyama IC-Tomiura IC), C3 Outer Ring Road, C4 Ken-O Road O Expressway (Akiruno IC-Tsukuba Ushiku IC, Inashiki IC-Daiei JCT), CA Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway / Aqualine connecting road - 4: Some information boards may not be able to display the red triangle mark.
~ Requesting customers to drive safely ~
- Incidents of people being hit by Expressway are increasing rapidly
If you have to go out of the car due to an accident or breakdown, signal the car behind you with a hazard, flaming cylinder, or triangular stop display plate, 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 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
- For fuel and toilet, take an appropriate break as soon as possible and keep in mind to drive safely.
- There are many accidents involving motorcycles. Make sure you understand the traffic and weather conditions, keep a sufficient distance between vehicles, and drive at a safe speed. Do not overtake a vehicle while it is congested.
- 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.
Especially for avoiding long traffic jams Attachment-3 [PDF: 479KB] please look at - E20 On the upper and lower lines of the Chuo Expressway, customers who avoid the hours when they are expected to be crowded will receive a shopping voucher worth 1,000 yen and a lottery ticket worth 5,000 yen. GW Campaign "
For more information Campaign site Please confirm - 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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