Expressway usage during the Obon season [Tohoku region version]
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- Expressway usage during the Obon season [Tohoku region version]
August 19, 2013
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 [11th August, 2013 (Thursday) to 18th August, 2013 (Sunday)] We will inform you about the usage status of.
During this period, traffic volume increased compared to the previous year, but traffic congestion (*) decreased.
1 Number of units used
[Average traffic volume on 7 cross sections of main line]
- All cars: about 104% of the previous year (about 38,000 units/day)
- Vehicle type
: Small cars (light cars, ordinary cars) Approximately 103% of the previous year (approximately 33,000 units/day)
: Large-sized vehicles (medium-sized vehicles, large-sized vehicles, oversized vehicles) Approx. 107% of the previous year (approx. 50 thousand units/day)
Attachment-1 [PDF:115KB] - Peak: Out-bound is Sunday, August 11th, In-bound is Saturday, August 17th
Attachment-2 [PDF:143KB]
[Number of interchanges used (number of vehicles passing through exit toll gates, etc.)]
- All cars: about 106% of the previous year (about 424,000 units/day)
- Vehicle type
: Small vehicles: approx. 106% of the previous year (approx. 380000 units/day)
: Large vehicles approximately 108% of the previous year (approximately 44,000 units/day)
Attachment-3 [PDF: 104KB] - By prefecture [YoY change]
Aomori: about 105% (about 32,000 units/day), Iwate: about 110% (about 63,000 units/day), Akita: about 105% (about 41,000 units/day), Miyagi: about 106 % (About 121,000 units/day), Yamagata: about 106% (about 66,000 units/day), Fukushima: about 106% (about 101,000 units/day)
Attachment-4 [PDF: 175KB]
2 congestion
- Congestion of 10 km or more on the main line occurred 15 times in the Out-bound direction (-5 times from the previous year) and 15 times in the In-bound direction (+4 times from the previous year), a total of 30 times (-1 time from the previous year).
- The maximum length of congestion on the main line is 38.6km (-16.0km compared to the previous year), and between Nihonmatsu Interchange and Shiraishi Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway Saturday, August 17th (9:47-23:48 peak time 16:28) ( It occurred on the In-bound line. This congestion is, in the vicinity of Fukushima tunnel In-bound is what slope and accident occurs be a factor.
- The amount of traffic congestion was 1,755 km·h (59% of the previous year), a decrease of about 40%.
Attachment-5 [PDF: 217KB]
- Congestion extension (km) × congestion time (h) ÷ 2
Comparison period
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