Expressway usage during the Golden Week [Tohoku region version]
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- Expressway usage during the Golden Week [Tohoku region version]
May 7, 2013
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is a Tohoku Expressway managed by the Company during Golden Week [Friday, April 26, 2013 to Monday, May 6, 2013, 11 days]. We will inform you about the usage status of.
During this period, traffic volume increased and traffic congestion (*1) decreased compared to the previous year.
1 Number of units used
Average traffic volume on the seven main cross sections
- All cars: approx. 103% year-on-year (approx. 33,000 units/day)
- Vehicle type: Small vehicles (light vehicles, ordinary vehicles) Approximately 104% of the previous year (approximately 29,000 units/day)
: Large vehicles (medium-sized vehicles, large vehicles, oversized vehicles) Approximately 98% of the previous year (approximately 40,000 units/day)
Attachment-1 [PDF: 114KB] - Peak: Out-bound line May 3 (Friday), In-bound line May 5 (Sunday)
Attachment-2 [PDF: 103KB]
Number of interchanges used (number of vehicles passing through exit toll gates, etc.)
- All vehicles: Approximately 106% of the previous year (approximately 391,000 units/day)
- Vehicle type: Small vehicles Approximately 106% of the previous year's level (approximately 350000 units/day)
: Large vehicles approx. 103% year-on-year (approx. 41,000 units/day)
Attachment-3 [PDF: 106KB] - By prefecture [YoY change]
Aomori: About 107% (about 33,000 units/day), Iwate: About 109% (about 59,000 units/day), Akita: About 102% (about 37,000 units/day), Miyagi: About 109 % (About 11 million units/day), Yamagata: about 102% (about 55,000 units/day), Fukushima: about 104% (about 96,000 units/day)
Attachment-4 [PDF: 170KB]
2 congestion
- Congestion of 10 km or more on the main line occurred 13 times in the Out-bound direction (+2 times from the previous year) and 13 times in the In-bound direction (-4 times from the previous year), a total of 26 times (2 times from the previous year).
- The maximum length of congestion on the main line is 41.8 km (-1.6 km compared to the previous year), and between Friday, May 3 (3:54 to 15:38 peak time 9:01) between the Nihonmatsu interchange and the Yabuki interchange on the Tohoku Expressway ( It occurred on the Out-bound line. This congestion was caused by the confluence of the Adachi Tara service area to the main line and a sag (*2) in the vicinity.
- Attachment-5 [PDF: 225KB]
- 1 Congestion extension (km) × congestion time (h) ÷ 2
- 2 Out-bound from the hill In-bound where it reaches the hill
Comparison period
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