Congestion prediction on Expressway during the Obon season [Tohoku region version]
Peak of congestion, Out-bound-ray August 10 (Sat) - 11 (Sunday), In-bound line 16 (Friday) to 17 days (Sat)
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July 12, 2013
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) Prediction of traffic congestion due to traffic concentration on Expressway in the Tohoku region during the Obon season [11 days from Thursday, August 8th to Sunday, August 18th, 2013] Is summarized.
Please use the traffic congestion prediction information and make a leisurely travel plan such as avoiding traffic congestion by decentralizing the use of Expressway before and after the day or time when traffic congestion is predicted.
1 Congestion prediction
Every year, on the Expressway in the Tohoku region, traffic congestion occurs due to the concentration of tourists spending summer festival sightseeing and Obon in their hometown.
This year's Obon period, the Tohoku Expressway 10km or more of congestion in Out-bound 18 times in the direction, In-bound direction is generated 17 times for a total of 35 times, In-bound line, Out-bound a maximum of congestion of the line has been predicted as follows. (Attachment 1 [PDF: 178KB], Attachment 2 [PDF: 178KB] reference)
| Road name | Direction | Date | peak Time |
maximum Congestion length |
Top of traffic jam | Generation IC section * Traffic trailing IC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Out-bound line | Saturday, August 10 | Around 10:00 | 25km | Near Adachi Tara SA (Approximately 3km beyond Motomiya IC) |
Sukagawa IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
| Tohoku Expressway | Out-bound line | Sunday, August 11 | Around 11:00 | 25km | Near Tsurusu PA (5km beyond Tomiya JCT) |
Sendai South IC ~ Yamato IC |
| Tohoku Expressway | In-bound line | Saturday, August 17 | Around 14:00 | 30km | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) |
Shiraishi IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
[Results from last year (reference)]
Last year's Bon season [9 days from August 8 (Wednesday) to August 16 (Thursday), 2012], there were 20 times of traffic congestion over 10 km in the Out-bound direction and 11 times in the In-bound direction, a total of 31 times. The longest traffic congestion occurred on the Tohoku Expressway in the Out-bound direction on Saturday, August 11 at the Adachi Tara service area (Shirakawa IC-Nihonmatsu IC) at the beginning of about 54.6 km (accident and traffic concentration), and in the In-bound direction. On Tuesday, August 14th, it was about 30.3km (traffic concentration), starting from the area near the Fukushima Tunnel (Kunimi IC to Nihonmatsu IC).
Locations 10km or more traffic congestion is predicted (congestion count Out-bound line 18 times, In-bound line 17 times)
Out-bound line (18 traffic jams)
| number | Road name | Direction | time | Top of traffic jam | Generation IC section * Traffic trailing IC |
Peak time Congestion length (peak time) |
Traffic jam Time |
Relationship Prefecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| （1） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Saturday, August 10 | Near Adachi Tara SA (Approximately 3km beyond Motomiya IC) |
Sukagawa IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
25km (10 o'clock) |
4：00 ～ 20：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （2） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Saturday, August 10 | Near Fukushima TN (About 11km beyond Nihonmatsu IC) |
Nihonmatsu IC ~ Fukushima Nishi IC |
10km (8 o'clock) |
6：00 ～ 11：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （3） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Saturday, August 10 | Near Fukushima TN (About 11km beyond Nihonmatsu IC) |
Nihonmatsu IC ~ Fukushima Nishi IC |
10km (20:00) |
17：00 ～ 23：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （4） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Saturday, August 10 | Near Kunimi IC | Fukushima Nishi IC ~ Kunimi IC |
10km (18:00) |
15：00 ～ 23：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （5） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Saturday, August 10 | Near Tsurusu PA (5km beyond Tomiya JCT) |
Sendai Miyagi IC ~ Yamato IC |
10km (12 o'clock) |
8：00 ～ 16：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （6） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Saturday, August 10 | Near Kinari PA (About 6km ahead of Wakayanagi Kinari IC) |
Tsukidate IC ~ Ichinoseki IC |
15km (13:00) |
10：00 ～ 16：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （7） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Saturday, August 10 | Near Ichinoseki TN (About 2km beyond Ichinoseki IC) |
Tsukidate IC ~ Hiraizumi Maesawa IC |
20 km (18:00) |
11：00 ～ 22：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture Iwate Prefecture |
| （8） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Sunday, August 11 | Near Adachi Tara SA (Approximately 3km beyond Motomiya IC) |
Sukagawa IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
20 km (9 o'clock) |
5：00 ～ 20：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （9） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Sunday, August 11 | Near Fukushima TN (About 11km beyond Nihonmatsu IC) |
Nihonmatsu IC ~ Fukushima Nishi IC |
10km (14:00) |
10：00 ～ 20：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （10） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Sunday, August 11 | Near Shiroishi West BS (About 19km beyond Kunimi IC) |
Kunimi IC ~ Shiraishi IC |
10km (17:00) |
15：00 ～ 21：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture |
| （11） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Sunday, August 11 | Near Tsurusu PA (5km beyond Tomiya JCT) |
Sendai South IC ~ Yamato IC |
25km (11 o'clock) |
8：00 ～ 19：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （12） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Monday, August 12 | Near Yamato IC | Izumi IC ~ Yamato IC |
10km (11 o'clock) |
9：00 ～ 15：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （13） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Tuesday, August 13 | Near Adachi Tara SA (Approximately 3km beyond Motomiya IC) |
Sukagawa IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
20 km (10 o'clock) |
4：00 ～ 18：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （14） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Tuesday, August 13 | Near Fukushima TN (About 11km beyond Nihonmatsu IC) |
Nihonmatsu IC ~ Fukushima Nishi IC |
10km (14:00) |
10：00 ～ 19：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （15） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Tuesday, August 13 | Near Kuwaori BS (About 5km ahead of Fukushima Iizaka IC) |
Fukushima Nishi IC ~ Kunimi IC |
10km (11 o'clock) |
7：00 ～ 16：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （16） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Tuesday, August 13 | Near Yamato IC | Sendai Miyagi IC ~ Yamato IC |
15km (12 o'clock) |
6：00 ～ 19：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （17） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Wednesday, August 14 | Near Fukushima TN (About 11km beyond Nihonmatsu IC) |
Nihonmatsu IC ~ Fukushima Nishi IC |
10km (19o'clock) |
16：00 ～ 21：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （18） | Tohoku Expressway | Aomori area | Wednesday, August 14 | Near Tsurusu PA (5km beyond Tomiya JCT) |
Sendai Miyagi IC ~ Yamato IC |
10km (10 o'clock) |
8：00 ～ 14：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
In-bound line (17 traffic jams)
| number | Road name | Direction | time | Top of traffic jam | Generation IC section * Traffic trailing IC |
Peak time Congestion length (peak time) |
Traffic jam Time |
Relationship Prefecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| （1） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Wednesday, August 14 | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) |
Kunimi IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
20 km (15:00) |
10：00 ～ 20：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （2） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Wednesday, August 14 | Near Furukawa IC | Tsukidate IC ~ Furukawa IC |
10km (20:00) |
18：00 ～ 22：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （3） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Thursday, August 15 | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) |
Kunimi IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
20 km (13:00) |
10：00 ～ 20：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （4） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Thursday, August 15 | Near Fukushima Iizaka IC | Shiraishi IC ~ Fukushima Iizaka IC |
10km (17:00) |
13：00 ～ 20：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （5） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Thursday, August 15 | Near Sanbongi PA (8km ahead of Furukawa IC) |
Tsukidate IC ~ Ohira IC |
15km (18:00) |
15：00 ～ 22：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （6） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Friday, August 16 | Near Motomiya IC | Nihonmatsu IC ~ Motomiya IC |
10km (20:00) |
18：00 ～ 22：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （7） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Friday, August 16 | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) |
Kunimi IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
20 km (14:00) |
10：00 ～ 20：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （8） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Friday, August 16 | Near Sanbongi PA (8km ahead of Furukawa IC) |
Tsukidate IC ~ Ohira IC |
15km (18:00) |
14：00 ～ 22：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （9） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Friday, August 16 | Near Princess Shiwa PA (About 6km ahead of Wakayanagi Kinari IC) |
Ichinoseki IC ~ Tsukidate IC |
10km (19o'clock) |
17：00 ～ 22：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture Iwate Prefecture |
| （10） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Saturday, August 17 | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) |
Shiraishi IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
30km (14:00) |
9：00 ～ 21：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （11） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Saturday, August 17 | Near Kunimi IC | Shiraishi IC ~ Kunimi IC |
10km (17:00) |
15：00 ～ 21：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture |
| （12） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Saturday, August 17 | Near Shiroishi West BS (About 5km beyond Shiraishi IC) |
Murata IC ~ Kunimi IC |
10km (19o'clock) |
17：00 ～ 21：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （13） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Saturday, August 17 | Near Sanbongi PA (8km ahead of Furukawa IC) |
Tsukidate IC ~ Ohira IC |
15km (19o'clock) |
15：00 ～ 22：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （14） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Saturday, August 17 | Near Princess Shiwa PA (About 6km ahead of Wakayanagi Kinari IC) |
Ichinoseki IC ~ Tsukidate IC |
10km (20:00) |
17：00 ～ 23：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture Iwate Prefecture |
| （15） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Sunday, August 18 | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) |
Kunimi IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
20 km (15:00) |
11：00 ～ 21：00 |
Fukushima Prefecture |
| （16） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Sunday, August 18 | Near Shiroishi West BS (About 5km beyond Shiraishi IC) |
Murata IC ~ Kunimi IC |
15km (15:00) |
11：00 ～ 21：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
| （17） | Tohoku Expressway | To Tokyo | Sunday, August 18 | Near Zao PA (8km beyond Murata IC) |
Sendai South IC ~ Shiraishi IC |
10km (20:00) |
17：00 ～ 23：00 |
Miyagi Prefecture |
- "IC" is an interchange, "JCT" is a junction, "SA" is a service area, "PA" is a parking area, "TN" is a tunnel, and "BS" is a bus stop.
[Congestion prediction method]
Congestion prediction takes into account traffic trends, and based on past congestion records and changes in traffic volume, excludes congestion caused by unusual events such as accidents and traffic closures, and predicts the time and place of congestion occurrence. .
2 Major rest facilities where congestion is expected
During the Obon season, congestion is expected at the 41 rest facilities shown in the table below.
(Attachment 3 [PDF: 228KB] reference)
| Prefecture | Route | Rest facility where congestion is expected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fukushima | Tohoku Expressway | In-bound line | Abukuma PA, Kagamiishi PA, Azumi PA, Adachi Tara SA, Fukushima Matsukawa PA, Azuma PA, Kunimi SA |
| Out-bound line | Abukuma PA, Kagamiishi PA, Azumi PA, Adachi Tara SA, Fukushima Matsukawa PA, Azuma PA, Kunimi SA | ||
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | In-bound line | Abukuma Kogen SA, Bandaisan SA | |
| Out-bound line | Abukuma Kogen SA, Bandaisan SA | ||
| Miyagi | Tohoku Expressway | In-bound line | Zao PA, Sugo PA, Tsurusu PA, Chojahara SA, Kinari PA |
| Out-bound line | Zao PA, Sugo PA, Izumi PA, Tsurusu PA, Chojahara SA, Kinari PA | ||
| Iwate | Tohoku Expressway | In-bound line | Maesawa SA, Kitakami Kanegasaki PA, Shiwa SA, Iwateyama SA |
| Out-bound line | Maesawa SA, Kitakami Kanegasaki PA, Shiwa SA, Iwateyama SA | ||
| Akita | In-bound line | Kinshu Lake SA | |
| Out-bound line | Kinshu Lake SA | ||
| Akita | Tohoku Expressway | In-bound line | Wreath SA |
| Out-bound line | Wreath SA |
3 Measures against congestion on site
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office is planning to implement the measures shown in the table below as a measure to prevent congestion on the Expressway during the Obon season. (Attachment 5 [PDF: 316KB] reference)
| Items | Implementation content | Implementation quantity | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Expressway main line Measures in |
In-bound in order to slow down in the slope or the like to suppress the traffic congestion of the cause, will be installed and signs warning | 16 places | |
| In order to prevent a collision with the tail of a traffic jam, a warning sign will be installed. | 59 locations | ||
| Brighten the lighting to prevent slowing down in the tunnel | 11 places (12 tubes) |
||
| Install a self-luminous pacemaker to alleviate traffic congestion | 3 places | Near Adachi Tara SA (Out-bound line) Fukushima Tunnel (In-bound line) Hiraizumi tunnel (In-bound line) |
|
| A simple LED board will be installed to inform you of road conditions and traffic conditions. | 57 places | ||
| Measures at rest facilities (SA/PA) | A temporary toilet will be installed to reduce the congestion of the toilet. | 44 units | |
| In order to use the parking space properly at the rest facility, we will arrange a parking lot organizer | 41 places 1,981 people/day |
Attachment 3 [PDF: 228KB] Attachment 4 [PDF: 71KB] |
4 Providing traffic congestion information
In order to drive Expressway safely and comfortably, you can easily get the latest Expressway information (congestion status, road surface status, road status) etc. on your PC or mobile phone. Please use it before going out.
[Traffic prediction information]
- computer
『Congestion forecast calendar』(See Attachment 6 [PDF:240KB])
* Expressway information site "DraPla Can also be accessed from. - Smartphone/cellphone
"Traffic forecast calendar" (See Attachment 6 [PDF:240KB])
Smartphone (http://www.drivetraffic.jp/smp/prejam_map.html)
* Expressway information site "DraPla" (http://www.driveplaza.com/) Can also be accessed.
Mobile phone (http://m.drivetraffic.jp/yosoku_cal.html)
[Status of traffic jam]
- computer
『Drive traffic』(Attachment 7 [PDF: 953KB] reference)
*On the map screen, you can see the traffic information (driving route, weather forecast) of the Expressway well as fare and SA/PA information.
『Road Traffic Information Now! !!]
* Japan Road Traffic Information Center HP - Smartphone/cellphone
"Drive traffic" (Attachment 7 [PDF: 953KB] reference)
smartphone
Mobile phone (http://m.drivetraffic.jp/)
* You can see the traffic information (driving route, weather forecast) of the Expressway and information on charges and SA/PA. - NEXCO東日本お客さまセンター
0570-024-024
（PHS・IP電話 03-5338-7524）
※24時間365日オペレーターが対応します。 - （財）日本道路交通情報センター
050-3369-6666（全国共通ダイヤル） - Other
In the major SA and PA in the Tohoku region, "Driving Weather Ch" broadcasts useful information for driving such as weather forecasts and points to note when driving.
- Traffic conditions may change significantly due to accidents, weather conditions, etc., so please check the latest road traffic information on "DraPla" etc. before departure.
5 Request from NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office
- Please use the traffic congestion prediction information and make a leisurely travel plan such as avoiding traffic congestion by decentralizing the use of Expressway before and after the day or time when traffic congestion is predicted. Also, please check the road conditions immediately before going out.
- Before using the Expressway check the amount of gasoline and tire pressure etc. in advance to prevent problems on the Expressway. Also, in order to prevent falling objects, please make sure that your luggage is fixed before departure.
- Please refuel and toilet as soon as possible before using the Expressway or at a rest facility in front of a traffic jam section.
- Fatigue tends to accumulate when driving at night or for long hours. In order to prevent accidents such as drowsiness, take appropriate breaks using SA etc. and try to drive safely.
- In order to prevent a rear-end collision in the traffic jam section, when you confirm a traffic jam ahead, please turn on the hazard lamp and signal to the following vehicle.
- In the unlikely event of an accident or malfunction, install a triangular stop plate, immediately evacuate to a safe place such as outside the guardrail, and make a call using an emergency phone or mobile phone. When making a call using a mobile phone, use the road emergency dial "#9910 Please report to. Even if you find an abnormality on the road or a falling object, you can dial the road emergency dial "#9910 Please report to.
- Expressway, seat belts are legally required for all seats, including the back seats. Please be sure to wear it.
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