Usage status of Expressway during the Obon traffic congestion season [Tohoku region version]
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- Usage status of Expressway during the Obon traffic congestion season [Tohoku region version]
August 18, 2008
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Regional Head Office President: Mikio Kashima) is at the time of the 2008 traffic congestion [August 7, 2008 (Thurs) to August 17, 2008 (Sun) 11 We have summarized the usage situation of Expressway in the Tohoku region that we manage in [Days].
- During the period, the number of passengers using Expressway per day averaged about 295,000 units, a decrease of about 6.0 % from the previous year.
Usage status of each prefecture in Tohoku [Unit: vehicle/day]- Aomori Prefecture 24,488 (YoY: -6.2%)
- Iwate Prefecture 45,696 (YoY: 7.6%)
- Akita Prefecture 28,912 (YoY: ▲4.3%)
- Miyagi Prefecture 79,399 (YoY: -4.7%)
- Yamagata Prefecture 39,685 (YoY: -11.2%)
- Fukushima Prefecture 76,673 (YoY: ▲4.2%)
- As for congestion during the period, congestion of 10 km or more occurred twice on the Out-bound line (9 times last year) and 11 times on the In-bound line (5 times last year).
- During the period, the ETC usage rate increased to 59.0% (52.4% last year), an increase of about 6.6 points.
[Day of week arrangement and weather (observation point: Sendai)]
1 Number of units used
The number of passengers using Expressway within the jurisdiction of Tohoku Regional Head Office (6 prefectures in Tohoku) An average of about 295,000 vehicles per day It was used by many customers, but compared to the same period last year [11th August 2007 (Thursday) to 19th August 2007 (Sunday)] About 6.0% decrease (Last year, it averaged about 314,000 units per day).
Compared to last year, the number of units used is likely to have decreased this year due to the impact of soaring gasoline prices.
Also, due to the concentration of customer use in the second half of the Bon festival this year, the daily traffic volume decreases on the Out-bound line that peaks in the first half of the Obon, and conversely increases on the In-bound line that peaks in the second half. I tended to.
2 Congestion status [The peak of the Out-bound line is Wednesday, August 13th, and the peak of the In-bound line is Saturday, August 16th]
Congestion of 10 km or more during the Bon Festival this year was caused by traffic concentration, resulting in 5 times on the Out-bound line (9 times last year) and 11 times on the In-bound line (5 times last year). There are more.
However, the length of the traffic jam was more than 60km intermittently in the Out-bound direction last year, while this year's maximum was 28.5km in the In-bound direction. (Maximum Out-bound direction is 26.5km)
In addition, the amount of traffic congestion was 750 km·h this year compared to last year (2,050 km·h) About 60% decrease doing.
This, combined with the decrease in traffic, As a measure against traffic congestion, the effect of installing simple LED signs such as "Caution for speed reduction" on the main line was demonstrated It seems to be a thing.
[* Congestion amount...Congestion extension (km) x congestion time (h)]
3 ETC usage status
ETC usage rate Regarding the above, we would like to thank our customers for their understanding of the ETC time zone discount and mileage discount system. 59.0% (52.4% last year) About 6.6 points increase have become. We will continue to work to promote the spread of ETC.
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