Traffic conditions on Expressway in Niigata Prefecture during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report)

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January 6, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Niigata Nishi-ku, Regional Head Office length: Yoshio Shiraishi), out of the year-end and New Year holidays of this year, those in the 2009 December 26 (Sat) - January 2010 5 days 11 days (the fire) We would like to inform you about 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 vehicles used increased by 4.3% compared to the same period last year.

During the period, the number of Expressway used by the Regional Head Office is approximately 73,000 vehicles/day, and the year-end and New Year holidays of last year [Friday, December 26, 2008 to Monday, January 5, 2009, 11 days ], an increase of 4.3%.

By road H21 year
A
FY20
B
YoY (%)
A/B
The entire Niigata Regional Head Office 73,195 70,144 104.3%
road
Road
Another
Hokuriku Expressway
(Asahi-Niigata Chuo Junction)
34,619 34,303 100.9%
Kan-Etsu Expressway
(Mizukami-Nagaoka Junction)
20,644 20,244 102.0%
Ban-Etsu Expressway
(Tsugawa-Niigata Central Junction)
4,964 4,658 106.6%
Joshin-Etsu Expressway
(Shinanomachi-Joetsu Junction)
3,258 3,307 98.5%
Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway
(Niigata Chuo Junction-Arakawa womb)
9,710 7,632 127.2%

2 congestion

Congestion over 1km increased by about 50% compared to last year.

Congestion over 1km due to traffic concentration and accidents occurred 9 times during the period, an increase of about 50% compared to 6 times last year. The longest traffic jam during the period was about 14 km on the Joshinetsu Expressway (In-bound line) on January 3 (Sun).

Congestion status (congestion over 1km)

Classification The year-end and New Year holidays (12/26-1/5) The year-end and New Year holidays of last year (12/26-1/5)
Number of times Total time Maximum extension total Number of times Total time Maximum extension total
Traffic concentration 3 times 4:04 9.8km 0 times 0:00 0.0km
accident Twice 3:27 2.9km Once 1:40 2.9km
Other 4 times 19:12 27.1km 5 times 7:26 8.8km
total 9 times 26:43 39.8km 6 times 9:06 11.7km
Last year 150% 340% 294%  

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