Expressway traffic during the Obon period [Niigata Prefecture]
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12 days from Saturday, August 5, 2017 to Wednesday, August 16, 2017
(FY2016 comparison period: Saturday, August 6, 2016 to Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 12 days)
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- Expressway traffic during the Obon period [Niigata Prefecture] (preliminary report)
August 17, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata office
NEXCO EAST Niigata branch (Niigata city Chuo Ward) compiled the traffic situation of the Bon Festival period.
[Summary of traffic conditions]
- The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the main sections, About 1% decrease Did.
- The number of times of traffic over 5km 8 times, 1 increase from the previous year Did.
(Of these, the number of traffic jams due to traffic concentration was 5 and decreased 1 year on year.) - The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was E18Joshinetsu Expressway (Out-bound line) Joetsutakada IC-Myokokogen IC "11.5km" due to traffic concentration that occurred around 12 o'clock on Saturday, August 12th was.
Average daily traffic on major sections during one period * (vehicles/day)
"IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"
| Road name | section | 2017 A | 2016 B | Year-on-year A / B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E8 Hokuriku Expressway | Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC | 55,200 | 54,700 | 101％ |
| Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC | 27,000 | 27,200 | 99％ | |
| Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC | 24,800 | 24,500 | 101％ | |
| E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway | Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC | 31,900 | 32,100 | 99％ |
| Mizukami IC to Yuzawa IC | 33,600 | 34,300 | 98％ | |
| E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway | Niitsu IC-Niigata Central JCT | 13,300 | 13,500 | 99％ |
| Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC | 12,600 | 12,800 | 98％ | |
| E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT | 21,500 | 21,700 | 99％ |
| Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC | 24,400 | 24,900 | 98％ | |
| E7 Tohoku Expressway | Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC | 14,500 | 14,800 | 98％ |
| Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections | 25,900 | 26,100 | 99％ | |
- The “main section” is an interchange section near the prefectural border and in the vicinity of major cities, and the “traffic volume” is a preliminary value.
【reference】FY2017And the day array of the Bon Festival in FY2016
| H29 year | 8/5 （SAT） | 8/6 （SUN） | 8/7 （MON） | 8/8 （TUE） | 8/9 （WED） | 8/10 （THU） | 8/11 （FRI） | 8/12 （SAT） | 8/13 （SUN） | 8/14 （MON） | 8/15 （TUE） | 8/16 （WED） |
| H28 | 8/6 （SAT） | 8/7 （SUN） | 8/8 （MON） | 8/9 （TUE） | 8/10 （WED） | 8/11 （THU） | 8/12 （FRI） | 8/13 （SAT） | 8/14 （SUN） | 8/15 （MON） | 8/16 （TUE） | 8/17 （WED） |
Usage Guide: Saturday，Sundays and holidays
2 Congestion status (maximum congestion length of 5 km or more)
FY2017 Occurrence of traffic jam during Obon period: 8 times in total (including 5 times due to traffic concentration)
| Road name / direction | Traffic jam location | Congestion peak date and time | maximum Congestion length | Congestion factors | Traffic jam starts~ ending time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bottleneck | IC section | ||||||
| 1 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Kannondaira TN | Joetsutakada-Myoko Kogen | Saturday, August 12, around 12:00 | 11.5km | Traffic concentration | Around 10:15-18:30 |
| 2 | E8 Hokuriku Expressway (below) | ― | Sanjo Tsubame-Nakanoshima Mitsuke | Saturday, August 12, around 11:15 | 9.0km | accident | Around 10:45 to 13:15 |
| 3 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Kannondaira TN | Joetsutakada-Nakago | Friday, August 11, around 11:45 | 7.0km | Traffic concentration | From 10:00 to 19:00 |
| 4 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Kannondaira TN | Joetsutakada-Nakago | Sunday, August 13th, around 12:15 | 6.5km | Traffic concentration | From 10:45 to 14:00 |
| 5 | E7 Nitto Expressway (below) | ― | Nakajo-Seigo Shibata | Monday, August 14, around 11:45 | 6.5km | accident | About 11:45 to 12:00 |
| 6 | E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway (below) | ― | Shiozawa Ishiuchi-Water | Friday, August 11th, around 10:00 | 6.1km | accident | About 8:30 to 10:15 |
| 7 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (above) | Arai Smart IC | Nakago-Joetsutakada | Sunday, August 13, around 18:45 | 5.0km | Traffic concentration | Around 14:45 to 19:30 |
| 8 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Kannondaira TN | Nakago-Joetsu JCT | Monday, August 14th, around 16:30 | 5.0km | Traffic concentration | Around 15:15 to 19:30 |
【reference】
FY2015 Traffic jams during the Obon period: 10 times in total (including 6 times due to traffic concentration)
| Road name / direction | Traffic jam location | Congestion peak date and time | maximum Congestion length | Congestion factors | Traffic jam starts~ ending time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bottleneck | IC section | ||||||
| 1 | E8 Hokuriku Expressway (above) | ― | Nagaoka JCT-Tsubame Sanjo IC | Sunday, August 14th, around 14:30 | 16.4km | accident | 12:15 to 15:30 |
| 2 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (above) | Myoko SA | Myoko Kougen IC - Nakasato IC | Monday, August 15th, around 18:00 | 7.8km | Traffic concentration | Around 10:30 to 21:15 |
| 3 | E8 Hokuriku Expressway (above) | Shinano River Bridge | Nagaoka JCT-Sakae Smart IC | Sunday, August 14, around 15:45 | 6.3km | Traffic concentration | Around 15:30 to 16:45 |
| 4 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Kannondaira TN | Joetsutakada IC-Nakago IC | Thursday, August 11th, around 13:15 | 6.0km | Traffic concentration | About 9:15 to 14:45 |
| 5 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Myoko SA | Nakago IC-Shinanomachi IC | Sunday, August 14, around 10:45 | 5.7km | Traffic concentration | From 10:00 to 12:00 |
| 6 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (above) | Kannondaira TN | Arai Smart IC-Joetsutakada IC | Sunday, August 14th, around 19:00 | 5.7km | Traffic concentration | Around 15:15 to 20:15 |
| 7 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Kannondaira TN | Joetsutakada IC-Nakago IC | Sunday, August 14, around 11:15 | 5.2km | Traffic concentration | From 10:00 to 15:30 |
3 References
- Reference 1: Average daily traffic volume (map version) of major sections [PDF: 250KB]
- Reference Material 2: Daily average traffic volume graph of the main sections (average of 10 sections) [PDF: 245KB]
- Reference Material 3: Traffic conditions during the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival [PDF: 291KB]
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