Expressway usage during the year-end and New Year period [Tohoku region version]
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- Expressway usage during the year-end and New Year period [Tohoku region version]
January 5, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is our company during the year-end and New Year period [December 23, 2010 (Thursday) to January 4, 2011 (Tuesday) 13 days] We will inform you about the usage status of Expressway in the Tohoku region managed by.
- The average daily cross-sectional traffic volume of the seven main sections of the Tohoku region (excluding the free social experiment section) was 20,400 vehicles/day, which was 1.13 times that of the previous year.
- The peak traffic volume was on the Out-bound line December 29th (Wednesday) and the In-bound line January 3rd (Monday).
- The number of interchanges (ICs) used (the number of cars that passed through the exit toll gate, including free social experiment sections) was an average of approximately 313,000 units per day, approximately 1.42 times the previous year.
- There is no traffic congestion of 10 km or more.
- Due in 26 days from December 25 in Fukushima Prefecture Aizu record heavy snow and from New Year's Eve over the New Year's Day in the northern Tohoku region that heavy snow is not in recent years it has fallen continuously large quantities and for a long time, over a long period of time Expressway is closed. We deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused to customers using the Expressway due to the suspension of traffic.
Day of week array
1 Number of units used
Although there were many road closures due to heavy snow during the year-end and New Year holidays, the daily average traffic volume of the Expressway (traffic volume passing through the Expressway seven representative sections of the Tohoku region, not including the free social experiment section) was 20,400 vehicles. The number of traffic per day was 1.13 times the average of the year-end and New Year holidays last year (18,100 vehicles/day), and was used by many customers.
In addition, the number of vehicles passing through the exit toll gates on Expressway in the Tohoku region averaged about 313,000 units per day (22 million units last year), which was about 1.42 times the previous year due to the effects of the free social experiment. There was use.
2 congestion
During the year-end and New Year holidays, the use of passengers on the Tohoku region's Expressway tended to be dispersed, and there was no traffic congestion of more than 10 km due to traffic congestion.
3 traffic closure status
Due to the record heavy snowfall in the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture from December 25th to 26th, and heavy snowfall containing a large amount of water, which was not present in the northeastern northeast region from New Year's Eve to New Year's Day, for a long time, It became a closed Expressway a long time.
We deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused to customers who used the Expressway due to this suspension of traffic.
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