Usage of Expressway during the Obon season [Tohoku region version]
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- Usage of Expressway during the Obon season [Tohoku region version]
August 17, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is a Expressway in the Tohoku region managed by the Company during the Obon season [12th August 2010 (Thursday) to 16th August 2010 (Monday)] We will inform you about the usage situation such as.
1 Number of units used
- The number of interchanges (ICs) used (the number of cars that passed through exit toll gates, etc.) averaged approximately 460,000 per day, and increased by 37% year-on-year, partly due to the effects of the free social experiment.
2 congestion
- Peak of congestion is Out-bound towards August 12 (Thursday), In-bound was the direction August 14 (Saturday) to 15 (Sunday).
- Congestion over 10km was reduced to 10 times in the Out-bound direction and 10 times in the In-bound direction, a total of 20 times, a decrease of 16 times compared to the previous year, and the amount of congestion decreased by about 70%. In addition, the daily average cross-sectional traffic volume at the seven major sections in the Tohoku region was 35,500 vehicles/day, a decrease of approximately 2% from the previous year.
- The maximum congestion length, In-bound direction August 15 (Sunday) at around 14 Tohoku Expressway was Fukushima tunnel near (in the vicinity of Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima City Matsukawa Town) beginning at about 32km.
3 ETC usage status
- ETC utilization during the period was 72.9%
- The previous year is the same day comparison for 12 days from Thursday, August 6, 2009 to Monday, August 17, 2009
1 Number of units used
The number of cars that passed through the toll gates such as Expressway the Tohoku region during the Obon season averaged about 460,000 units per day, an increase of about 37% compared to 330,000 units last year.
2 congestion
During the Obon period, congestion in the Tohoku region for more than 10 km occurred 10 times in the Out-bound direction and 10 times in the In-bound direction, for a total of 20 times.
The maximum length of traffic congestion on the Tohoku Expressway is approximately 31km in the Out-bound direction near the Adachi Tara service area on Thursday, August 12, and approximately 32km in the In-bound direction near the Fukushima Tunnel on Sunday, August 15th. did.
The amount of traffic that indicates the size of traffic is 1,260 kmh, which is about 70% less than last year.
- Congestion amount = [congestion extension (km) x congestion time (h) / 2]
The decrease in traffic congestion is thought to be due to the decentralization of customer usage due to the publicity of traffic congestion forecasts and the effect of Typhoon No. 4 that occurred during the Obon period.
[Reference (data for the Bon Festival in 2009)]
- ・Traffic frequency...
- Out-bound: 13 times, In-bound: 23 times, 36 times in total
- ・Maximum traffic jam length・・・
- Out-bound: Wednesday, August 12, Tohoku Expressway (starting near Adatara SA) Approximately 51km
In-bound: Sunday, August 16 Tohoku Expressway (starting near Nihonmatsu IC) Approximately 41.5km - ・ Amount of traffic ...
- 4,350kmh
3 ETC usage status
The ETC usage rate was 72.9% (79.6% last year), a decrease of about 6.7 points.
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