Traffic conditions on Expressway within the Niigata Regional Head Office during Golden Week (preliminary report)
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May 7, 2009
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Nishigata-ku, Niigata-shi, Regional Head Office president: Yoshio Shiraishi) has a 12-day period from Saturday, April 25, 2009 to Wednesday, May 6, 2009 during Golden Week this year. 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)
The number of units used increased by 7.3%.
During the period, the number of Expressway used by the Regional Head Office was about 101,000 vehicles/day, which was the same as the previous year [Friday, April 25, 2008-Tuesday, May 6, 2008] Compared to this, it increased by 7.3%.
| By road | H21 year A | FY20 B | YoY (%) A/B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The entire Niigata Regional Head Office | 100,837 | 93,967 | 107.3％ | |
| road Road Another | Hokuriku Expressway (Asahi-Niigata Central Junction) | 49,785 | 47,902 | 103.9％ |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway (Mizukami-Nagaoka Junction) | 24,349 | 23,359 | 104.2％ | |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway (Tsugawa-Niigata Central Junction) | 9,029 | 8,032 | 112.4％ | |
| Joshin-Etsu Expressway (Shinanomachi-Joetsu Junction) | 4,233 | 3,703 | 114.3％ | |
| Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway (Niigata Chuo Junction-Nakajo) | 13,441 | 10,971 | 122.5％ | |
2 congestion
Congestion over 5km occurred 19 times.
Congestion over 5km due to traffic concentration and accidents occurred 19 times during the period (2 times last year).
The longest traffic jam during the period occurred on May 5 (Tuesday) on the Joshinetsu Expressway (In-bound line).
It is a 17km traffic jam due to traffic concentration.
・Congestion status (congestion over 5km)
| Classification | 2009 (April 25 to May 6) | FY2008 (April 25 to May 6) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of times | Total time | Maximum extension total | Number of times | Total time | Maximum extension total | |
| Traffic concentration | 15 times | 144：50 | 160.4 km | Twice | 6:04 | 11.5km |
| accident | 3 times | 6:54 | 24.2km | ― | ― | ― |
| Other | Once | 0:40 | 7.9km | ― | ― | ― |
| total | 19 times | 152:24 | 192.5 km | Twice | 6：04 | 11.5km |
| Increase or decrease | +17 times | ＋146:20 | +181.0km | |||
Reference material
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