Expressway traffic during Golden Week (Niigata Prefecture) (preliminary report)
11 days from Friday, April 26, 2013 to Monday, May 6, 2013
(2012 comparison period: April 26, 2012 (Thursday) to May 6, 2012 (Sunday) 11 days)
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- Expressway traffic during Golden Week (Niigata Prefecture) (preliminary report)
May 7, 2013
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata branch (Niigata city Chuo Ward) organized the traffic situation during the Golden Week period.
[Summary of traffic conditions]
- The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the main sections, About 1% increase Did.
- The number of times of traffic over 5km 10 times, increased 5 times from the previous year Did.
- The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was "13.8km" due to the accident that occurred on May 3 (Friday) at Hokuriku Road (Out-bound line) Sanjo Tsubame IC-Nishiyama IC was.
Main section during one period *1 Average daily traffic volume *2 (vehicles/day)
| Road name | section | 2013 (1) |
2012 fiscal year (2) |
Year-on-year (1)/(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokuriku Expressway | Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC | 53,900 | 52,900 | 102％ |
| Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC | 27,000 | 27,200 | 99％ | |
| Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC | 25,300 | 24,700 | 102％ | |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC | 27,300 | 26,800 | 102％ |
| Mizukami IC to Yuzawa IC | 30,100 | 28,800 | 105％ | |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Niitsu Nishi Smart IC-Niigata Central JCT | 14,200 | 14,800 | 96％ |
| Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC | 14,900 | 15,400 | 97％ | |
| Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT | 20,000 | 19,700 | 102％ |
| Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC | 22,900 | 22,700 | 101％ | |
| Tohoku Expressway | Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC | 13,300 | 12,800 | 104％ |
| Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections | 24,900 | 24,600 | 101％ | |
"IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"
*1: Interchange section near the prefectural border and near major cities
*2: Traffic volume is based on traffic volume measuring equipment and may have some mechanical errors.
【reference】2013 And the weekday array for the 2012 Golden Week period
2 congestion
2013 Occurrence of traffic jam during Golden Week (maximum traffic length of 5km or more): 10 times in total
The table below shows the worst 5th
| Vertical line | Road name | Date and time of traffic jam | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | under | Hokuriku Expressway | Friday, May 3 10:36 | Between Sanjo Tsubame IC and Nishiyama IC | 13.8km | accident |
| 2 | Up | Hokuriku Expressway | Friday, May 3 10:24 | Between Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC and Sanjo Tsubame IC | 13.7km | Traffic jam due to accident in the opposite lane |
| 3 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | May 5 (Sun) 15:02 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Myokokogen IC | 12.4km | Traffic concentration |
| 4 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Friday, May 3 8:53 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Myokokogen IC | 11.9km | Traffic concentration |
| 5 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, May 4 14:47 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 10.8km | Traffic concentration |
【reference】
Traffic congestion during the Golden Week period of 2012 (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): 5 times in total
| worst | Vertical line | Road name | Date and time of traffic jam | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | under | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Thursday, May 3 1:41 | Between Yuzawa IC and Minakami IC | 8.3km | accident |
| 2※ | under | Ban-Etsu Expressway | Friday, May 4 9:18 | From Niigata Chuo IC to (Hokuriku Expressway) Makigata East IC | 7.6km | Traffic concentration |
| 3 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, May 5 16:12 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 7.2km | Traffic concentration |
| 4 | Up | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, May 5 9:54 | Between Nakago IC and Joetsu JCT | 5.9km | Traffic concentration |
| 5 | under | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Thursday, May 3 3:44 | Between Yuzawa IC and Minakami IC | 5.0km | accident |
※ worst 2 Ban-Etsu Expressway congestion of the general road side of Niigata center IC exit of Hokuriku road Out-bound which was stretched to the line
3 Reference materials (attached sheet)
- Reference Material 1: Number of exits at major interchanges in the jurisdiction [PDF: 64KB]
- Reference Material 2: Traffic volume of major sections in Niigata Prefecture (Niigata Prefecture map version) [PDF: 136KB]
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