Traffic situation of Expressway in Niigata prefecture during Obon season
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- Traffic situation of Expressway in Niigata prefecture during Obon season
August 18, 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 Obon period, those in the 11 days of August 7, 2008 (Thursday) to August 17 (Sunday) Regional Head Office of the tube We have summarized the traffic conditions on the Expressway.
1 Number of passengers in the entire jurisdiction and by road (average daily)
The number of units used decreased by 5.4%.
During the period, the number of Expressway used by our Regional Head Office was approximately 103,000/day, and the same period last year [11th August (Thursday) to 19th August (Sunday) 2007] Compared to this, it has decreased by 5.4%.
(Unit: vehicles / day)
| By road | FY2008 A | FY2007 B | YoY (%) A/B |
|---|---|---|---|
| The entire Niigata Regional Head Office | 102,827 | 108,709 | 94.6％ |
| Hokuriku Expressway (Asahi-Niigata Chuo Junction) | 53,322 | 55,977 | 95.3％ |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway (Mizukami-Nagaoka Junction) | 25,308 | 27,087 | 93.4％ |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway (Tsugawa-Niigata Central Junction) | 7,614 | 8,148 | 93.4％ |
| Joshin-Etsu Expressway (Shinanomachi-Joetsu Junction) | 4,263 | 4,443 | 95.9％ |
| Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway (Niigata Chuo Junction-Nakajo) | 12,320 | 13,054 | 94.4％ |
2 congestion
Congestion over 5km occurred 3 times.
Traffic congestion of 5 km or more due to traffic concentration and accidents occurred three times during the period (twice last year).
The longest traffic jam during the period is approximately 13km of traffic due to traffic closure and traffic closure due to the accident that occurred on the Hokuriku Road (Out-bound line) on Wednesday, August 13.
[Congestion status (congestion over 5km)]
| Classification | 2008 (8/7-8/17) | FY2007 (8/9-8/19) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of times | Total time | Maximum extension total | Number of times | Total time | Maximum extension total | |
| Traffic concentration | Once | 5：16 | 5.1km | Once | 1：19 | 6.9km |
| Other (Accident and construction) | Twice | 14：50 | 23.6km | Once | 8：42 | 5.2km |
| total | 3 times | 20：16 | 28.7km | Twice | 10：01 | 12.1km |
| Increase or decrease | +1 time | ＋10:05 | +16.6km | --- | ||
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