Traffic conditions on Expressway in Niigata Prefecture during Golden Week
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- Traffic conditions on Expressway in Niigata Prefecture during Golden Week
May 7, 2008
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Niigata Nishi-ku, Regional Head Office length: Yoshio Shiraishi), the out of this year's Golden Week (GW) time, those in the 12 days of April 25, 2008 (Friday) to May 6 (Tuesday) We have summarized the traffic conditions on the Expressway within the Regional Head Office.
1 Number of passengers in the entire jurisdiction and by road (average daily)
During the period, the number of Expressway used by our Regional Head Office was approximately 94,000 vehicles/day, and the same period last year [12 April from Wednesday, April 25, 2007 to Sunday, May 6, 2007]. Compared to this, it has decreased by 2.0%.
| By road | FY20 A | H19 year B | YoY (%) A/B |
|---|---|---|---|
| The entire Niigata Regional Head Office | 93,967 | 95,867 | 98.0 |
| Hokuriku Expressway (Asahi-Niigata Chuo Junction) | 47,902 | 48,270 | 99.2 |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway (Mizukami-Nagaoka Junction) | 23,359 | 23,962 | 97.5 |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway (Tsugawa-Niigata Central Junction) | 8,032 | 8,675 | 92.6 |
| Joshin-Etsu Expressway (Shinanomachi-Joetsu Junction) | 3,703 | 3,781 | 97.9 |
| Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway (Niigata Chuo Junction-Nakajo) | 10,971 | 11,179 | 98.1 |
2 congestion
Traffic jams of 5 km or more due to accidents and traffic concentration occurred twice during the period (twice last year).
The longest traffic jam during the period is about 6km due to traffic congestion on the Joshinetsu Expressway (In-bound line) on May 5 (Monday).
[Congestion status (congestion over 5km)]
| Classification | FY2008 (April 25 to May 6) | FY2007 (April 25 to May 6) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of times | Total time | Extension | Number of times | Total time | Extension | |
| Traffic concentration | Twice | 6:04 | 11.5km | Once | 3:50 | 10.8km |
| accident | 0 times | 0:00 | 0.0km | Once | 1:58 | 5.2km |
| total | Twice | 6:04 | 11.5km | Twice | 5:48 | 16.0km |
| Increase or decrease | 0 times | ＋0:16 | ▲4.5km | |||
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