Expressway traffic during the year-end and New Year holidays (Niigata Prefecture) (preliminary report)

December 28, 2018 (Friday) -2019 January 6 (Sunday) 10 days (2017 comparison period December 28, 2017 (Thursday) -January 6, 2018 (Saturday) ) for 10 days)

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2019 January 7
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) has summarized the traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year holidays.

<< Outline of traffic situation >>

  1. Due to the heavy snowfall at the end of the year, the average daily traffic volume of the main sections is year-on-year About 4% decrease Did.
  2. The peak traffic volume during the period is Out-bound line is Sunday, December 30, and the In-bound line is Thursday, January 3. have become.
  3. The number of traffic jams over 5km It is once, and there is no increase or decrease from the previous year was.
    E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway (Out-bound line) Yuzawa IC to Tsukiyono IC, the traffic was "7.1km" due to a broken car that occurred on Sunday, December 30th.

Major sections during the year-end and New Year period * 1 Average daily traffic * 2 (Unit / day)

Road name section FY2018
A
FY2017
B
Year-on-year
A / B
E8Hokuriku Expressway Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC 31,000 33,000 94%
Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC 13,000 13,700 95%
Familiar IC ~ Itoigawa IC 12,300 12,800 96%
E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC 15,500 16,200 96%
Minakami IC ~ Yuzawa IC 23,100 23,200 100%
E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway Niitsu Nishi Smart IC-Niigata Central JCT 6,500 6,400 102%
Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC 6,000 6,200 97%
E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway Joetsutakada IC ~ Joetsu JCT 8,900 9,300 96%
Shinanomachi IC ~ Myoko Kogen IC 11,300 12,000 94%
E7 Tohoku Expressway Nakajo IC ~ Arakawa womb IC 6,900 7,000 99%
Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections 13,500 14,000 96%

"IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"

  1. : Interchange section near prefectural borders and major cities
  2. : Traffic volume is an approximate value based on the traffic counter (all models)

<< Reference >> Day of the week arrangement for the year-end and New Year holidays in 2018 and 2017

H30 year 12/28
(FRI)
12/29
(SAT)
12/30
(SUN)
12/31
(MON)
1/1
(TUE)
1/2
(WED)
1/3
(THU)
1/4
(FRI)
1/5
(SAT)
1/6
(SUN)
H29 year 12/28
(THU)
12/29
(FRI)
12/30
(SAT)
12/31
(SUN)
1/1
(MON)
1/2
(TUE)
1/3
(WED)
1/4
(THU)
1/5
(FRI)
1/6
(SAT)

2 Main traffic congestion points

 FY2018 Traffic congestion during the year-end and New Year period (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): Once in total

Road name / direction Date and time of traffic jam Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
E17Kan-Etsu Expressway (below) Sunday, December 30 11:40 Yuzawa-Tsukiyono 7.1km Broken car

"reference"
 FY2017 Traffic congestion during the year-end and New Year period (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): Once in total

Road name / direction Date and time of traffic jam Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
E17Kan-Etsu Expressway (above) Wednesday, January 3 11:15 Minakami-Shiozawa Ishiuchi 12.5km Broken car

3 Reference materials (attached sheet)

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