Usage of Expressway during busy seasons during the New Year holidays [Tohoku region version]
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January 5, 2009
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) Usage status of Expressway in the Tohoku region managed by the Company during the year-end and New Year traffic congestion period (12 days from December 24, 2008 (Wed) to January 4, 2009 (Sun)) I have compiled the above, so I will inform you.
- The average number of interchanges (exit) used during the period was approximately 217,000 units per day, an increase of approximately 7.3% compared to the previous year. "Usage of interchanges in Tohoku prefecture [Unit: vehicle/day]"
Aomori Prefecture 16,884 (YoY: +1.7%)
Iwate 34,515 (YoY: +12.1%)
Akita Prefecture 19,273 (YoY: +1.7%)
Miyagi 65,916 (YoY: +10.0%)
Yamagata 23,301 (YoY: +2.3%)
Fukushima 57,043 (YoY: +7.5%)
*The number of passengers used includes the number of people who forcibly spilled an interchange due to suspension of traffic. - During the period, there was no major traffic congestion due to traffic congestion.
- During the period, more than 5 hours of suspension of traffic occurred on the top and bottom lines 7 times (last year: 4 times).
- During the period, the usage rate of ETC was 65.8% (59.6% last year), an increase of about 6.2 points.
"Day of the week arrangement and weather (observation point: Sendai)"
1 Number of units used
The number of interchanges used within the jurisdiction of Tohoku Regional Head Office (6 prefectures in Tohoku) An average of approximately 217,000 units per day Compared to the same period last year [Wednesday, December 26, 2007-Sunday, January 6, 2008, 12 days] About 7.3% increase (Last year, it averaged about 202,000 units per day).
The number of passengers used includes the number of people who forcibly leaked interchanges due to road closures due to poor visibility of snowfall.
2 congestion
As the year-end and New Year Expressway the Tohoku region showed a decentralized usage pattern, the same as last year There was no traffic congestion exceeding 5 km due to traffic congestion.
In addition, Peak traffic volume on Tohoku Expressway Is Out-bound line is Tuesday, December 30, and the In-bound line is Saturday, January 3. have become.
3 Impact of road closures
Due to the low pressure developed from December 26th (Friday) to 28th (Sunday), the Tohoku Expressway in the north-eastern part of Japan has been blocked due to poor visibility of snowfall, especially the Akita Expressway Kitakami Nishi Interchange (IC)-Yuda IC It was closed for 32 hours and 47 minutes, and closed for 28 hours and 40 minutes between the Matsuo Hachimantai IC and Ashiro IC on the Tohoku Expressway Expressway and between the Yashiro Junction (JCT) and Johoji IC on the Hachinohe Expressway.
At our company, we carried out thorough snow removal work, etc. 24 hours a day, but due to the delay in the recovery of the weather, we were forced to close for a long time.
In addition to January 2 (Friday), Tohoku Expressway rollover accident of a tank truck full of liquid oxygen is generated in the vicinity of Shiraishi IC of, for dealing with accidents and liquid oxygen Tohoku Expressway Shiroishi IC ~ in, such as between Sendai Minami IC 12 It was closed for 32 minutes.
We deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused to customers who used the Expressway due to this suspension of traffic.
4 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. 65.8% (59.6% last year) About 6.2 points increase have become. We will continue to work to promote the spread of ETC.
Reference materials Number of units used [PDF: 42KB]
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