About the use situation such as Expressway the Tohoku region at the end of the year
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- About the use situation such as Expressway the Tohoku region at the end of the year
January 5, 2006
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
Year-end and New Year holidays of 2005 [9 days from December 27, 2005 (Tuesday) to January 4, 2006 (Wednesday)] Usage status of Expressway within the Tohoku Regional Head Office East Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. I have summarized the above and will inform you.
- 利用台数
東北支社管内の高速道路等の利用台数は、1日当たり平均約21.7万台で、昨年の同時期[平成16年12月27日(月)~平成17年1月4日(火)]の9日間に比べて、約6.5%の増(昨年は、1日当たり平均約20.4万台)となりました。
※利用台数とは、料金所出口でお客様から料金をいただいた台数です。
■利用台数の増加について
利用台数が増加した要因としては、景気が回復傾向にあることや、通行止めの減少などが考えられます。今冬は、非常に強い寒気が断続的に流れ込み、強い冬型の気圧配置の日が多かったことから、異常低温と記録的な大雪となりました。このため東北地方でも雪の降る日が多く、吹雪による5時間以上の通行止めが27回(昨年:24回)発生しました。しかし、除雪等の作業を昼夜問わず迅速かつ効率的に実施したことにより、通行止め延べ時間を昨年と比較し約2割減少することができました。
※≪参考≫ 通行止め状況【PDF:16KB】 - Usage status of ETC
Compared to last year, the number of ETC users used during the year-end and New Year period was about 2.4 times higher than last year, thanks to the advertising effects such as ETC time zone discounts and mileage discount campaigns. - Congestion
10km or more of the traffic jam, because of the New Year's Eve accident closed to traffic of the impact on December 31 (Saturday), Tohoku Expressway Out-bound in the same scale as last year although the congestion of about 13km at maximum occurs once at the beginning of the Shiraishi IC of the line did.
(Last year, there was one traffic jam of 10km or more due to the traffic closure.)
1 Tohoku Regional Head Office Average number of users in service (summary)
[Unit: Vehicle/day]
Division | 2005 | 2004 | YoY (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tohoku Regional Head Office jurisdiction | Expressway | 176,582 | 165,144 | 106.9 |
General toll road | 40,302 | 38,493 | 104.7 | |
total | 216,884 | 203,637 | 106.5 |
2 Average number of vehicles by road
2-1. Major Expressway
[Unit: Vehicle/day]
Road name | 2005 | 2004 | YoY (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Tohoku Expressway (Shirakawa-Aomori) | 104,274 | 95,255 | 109.5 |
Aomori Expressway | 3,058 | 3,030 | 100.9 |
Hachinohe Expressway | 7,835 | 7,636 | 102.6 |
Akita Expressway | 11,211 | 10,800 | 103.8 |
Yamagata Expressway (Miyagi Kawasaki to Gassan) | 12,906 | 13,316 | 96.9 |
Yamagata Expressway (Mt. Yudono to Minato Sakata) | 7,754 | 7,295 | 106.3 |
Ban-Etsu Expressway (Iwaki Sanwa-Nishiaizu) | 12,195 | 11,189 | 109.0 |
Joban Expressway (Iwaki Nakoso-Joban Tomioka) | 12,599 | 12,226 | 103.1 |
2-2. Major general toll roads
[Unit: Vehicle/day]
Road name | 2005 | 2004 | YoY (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Momoishi Toll Road | 3,984 | 3,953 | 100.8 |
Yuzawa-Yokote Road | 2,766 | 2,821 | 98.1 |
Sanriku Expressway | 12,303 | 11,116 | 110.7 |
Sendai-Tobu Road | 15,698 | 15,320 | 102.5 |
Yonezawa Nan-Yo Road | 2,147 | 2,274 | 94.4 |
3 Average number of vehicles in 6 prefectures in Tohoku
[Unit: Vehicle/day]
Prefecture name | 2005 | 2004 | YoY (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Aomori Prefecture | 19,118 | 18,993 | 100.7 |
Iwate Prefecture | 36,245 | 31,323 | 115.7 |
Akita | 18,170 | 17,572 | 103.4 |
Miyagi Prefecture | 66,395 | 63,214 | 105.0 |
Yamagata Prefecture | 23,726 | 23,062 | 102.9 |
Fukushima Prefecture | 53,230 | 49,473 | 107.6 |
total | 216,884 | 203,637 | 106.5 |
4 Average number of use by toll booth
4-1. Main toll gates on Expressway
[Unit: Vehicle/day]
Road name | Tollgate name | 2005 | 2004 | YoY (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tohoku Expressway | Morioka South | 4,908 | 4,372 | 112.3 |
Sendai Miyagi | 7,996 | 7,559 | 105.8 | |
Fukushima Iizaka | 4,099 | 3,913 | 104.8 | |
Koriyama | 5,044 | 4,746 | 106.3 | |
Aomori Expressway | Aomori Central | 2,024 | 1,988 | 101.8 |
Hachinohe Expressway | Hachinohe | 2,242 | 2,166 | 103.5 |
Akita Expressway | Akita Minami | 2,383 | 2,335 | 102.1 |
Yamagata Expressway | Yamagata Zao | 4,279 | 4,159 | 102.9 |
Tsuruoka | 1,985 | 1,843 | 107.7 | |
Ban-Etsu Expressway | Aizu Wakamatsu | 2,689 | 2,399 | 112.1 |
Joban Expressway | Iwaki Central | 2,953 | 3,158 | 93.5 |
4-2. Main toll gates for general toll roads
[Unit: Vehicle/day]
Road name | Tollgate name | 2005 | 2004 | YoY (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Momoishi Toll Road | Shimoda Hyakuseki | 2,223 | 2,135 | 104.1 |
Yuzawa-Yokote Road | Jumon main line | 1,460 | 1,486 | 98.3 |
Sanriku Expressway | Ishinomaki Port Main Line | 3,453 | 3,107 | 111.1 |
Sendai-Tobu Road | Sendai East | 6,576 | 6,484 | 101.4 |
Yonezawa Nan-Yo Road | Yonezawa Kita | 2,147 | 2,274 | 94.4 |
5 Number of ETCs used
[Unit: Vehicle/day]
Prefecture name | 2005 | 2004 | YoY (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Aomori Prefecture | 5,339 | 2,256 | 236.7 |
Iwate Prefecture | 14,838 | 5,386 | 275.5 |
Akita | 6,517 | 2,933 | 222.2 |
Miyagi Prefecture | 25,184 | 10,095 | 249.5 |
Yamagata Prefecture | 9,839 | 4,558 | 215.9 |
Fukushima Prefecture | 24,353 | 10,781 | 225.9 |
total | 86,070 | 36,009 | 239.0 |
Note) The numbers are preliminary figures.
6 congestion
《Out-bound line》 10km or more ・・・・ 1 time (last year: 1 accident traffic closure)
Road name | Accrual date | Day of the week | Upper: Congestion area Lower: IC section | Peak traffic congestion | Cause |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurrence time to resolution time | |||||
Tohoku Expressway | December 31 | soil | Near Shiraishi IC-Koshikawa (Go!) Near BS (Shiraishi IC-Kunimi IC) | 12.4km 10:30 ~ 13:10 | Accident suspension |
《In-bound》 10km or more ・・・・ 0 times (last year: 0 times)
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