Usage conditions of Expressway during busy hours during Golden Week [Tohoku region version]
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May 6, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is located in the Tohoku region managed by the Company during the Golden Week traffic congestion period [April 28, 2010 (Wednesday) to May 5, 2010 (Wednesday)] We will inform you about the usage status of Expressway.
This year, the cherry blossoms bloomed in the northeastern part of the year during the Golden Week period, the weather was good and the traffic volume increased. On the other hand, the amount of traffic congestion, which indicates the size of traffic congestion, decreased from last year.
- The average daily cross-sectional traffic volume at seven major sections in the Tohoku region was 39,600 vehicles / day, an increase of about 5% from the same period of the previous year. [Reference Material-1 [PDF: 54KB]]
- The number of interchanges (ICs) used (the number of cars that passed through exit toll gates, etc.) averaged about 361,000 units per day, an increase of about 8% year-on-year. [Reference Material-2,3,4,5 [PDF: 54KB]]
- Peak of congestion is Out-bound direction is May 1 (Saturday), In-bound was direction is May 3 (Monday) to 4 days (Tuesday). [Reference Material-7 [PDF: 54KB]]
- 10km or more of traffic congestion, Out-bound direction 13 times, In-bound direction 10 times for a total of 23 times, congestion amount decreased by 2 times year-on-year also declined by about 10 percent. [Reference Material-7 [PDF: 54KB]]
- ETC utilization during the period was 82.9%. [Reference Material-6 [PDF: 54KB]]
1 Number of units used
The average daily traffic volume on Expressway in the Tohoku region during the Golden Week period (traffic volume passing through the Expressway seven major representative sections in the Tohoku region) was 39,600 vehicles/day, which was the average daily value during the Golden Week period last year ( Traffic increased by about 5% compared to (37,700 vehicles/day) and was used by many customers.
In addition, the number of vehicles that passed the exit toll gates on Expressway in the Tohoku region was about 361,000 units per day on average (336,000 units last year).
2 congestion
During the Golden Week period, congestion in the Tohoku region for more than 10km occurred 13 times in the Out-bound direction and 10 times in the In-bound direction, a total of 23 times.
The maximum of the congestion length Tohoku Expressway in, Out-bound the Fukushima tunnel near to May 1 (Saturday) in the direction top to about 55km, In-bound was about 43km to the top of the Hiraizumi near the tunnel to the May 4 (Tuesday) in the area.
The traffic congestion amount, which indicates the size of traffic congestion, was 2,179 kmh, which was smaller than last year.
- Congestion volume = [congestion extension (km) x congestion time (h)/2]
[Reference (H21GW data)]
- Number of traffic jams
- Out-bound: 15 times, In-bound: 10 times 25 times in total
- Maximum traffic length
- Out-bound: Tohoku Expressway (Sat.), May 2 (Top of the Fukushima Tunnel) 43km
In-bound: May 5 (Tue) Tohoku Expressway (head of Fukushima Tunnel) About 40km - Traffic congestion
- 2,409kmh
3 ETC usage status
The ETC usage rate increased by approximately 6 points to 82.9% (76.9% last year).
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