Expressway during the Golden Week
Usage status [Tohoku region version]
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May 7, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is the Expressway in the Tohoku region that we manage during Golden Week [Saturday, April 25, 2015-Wednesday, May 6, 2015] We will inform you about the usage status of.
During this period, the number of vehicles used increased compared to the previous year, but the amount of congestion (*) decreased.
Regarding the decrease in traffic congestion, it is considered that the opening of the Joban Expressway on March 1, 2015 resulted in the formation of a double network with the Tohoku Expressway and the distribution of traffic. ..
1 Number of units used
[Average traffic volume on 7 cross sections of the main line] ・・・ Same as the past comparison section
- All cars: About 96% of the previous year (about 29,000 units/day) Attachment-1 [PDF: 71KB]
- Peak: Out-bound line May 2 and 3 (Saturday, Sunday), In-bound line May 5 (Tue) Attachment-2 [PDF: 97KB]
[Average traffic volume on the 8 cross sections of the main line] ・・・ Added between Joban Expressway Yamamoto IC and Watari IC
- All cars: About 100% of the previous year (about 27,000 units/day)
[Number of interchanges used (number of vehicles passing through exit toll gates, etc.)]
- All cars: approx. 101% year-on-year (approx. 384,000 units/day)
- Vehicle type: Small vehicles approx. 101% year-on-year (approximately 341,000 units/day)
: Large vehicles approx. 103% year-on-year (approx. 44,000 units/day)
Attachment-3 [PDF: 72KB] - By prefecture [YoY change]
Aomori: about 92% (about 29,000 units/day), Iwate: about 104% (about 56,000 units/day), Akita: about 92% (about 33,000 units/day), Miyagi: about 101 % (About 117,000 units/day), Yamagata: about 103% (about 52,000 units/day), Fukushima: about 106% (about 97,000 units/day)
Attachment-4 [PDF: 105KB]
2 Joban Expressway traffic conditions
- The traffic volume of GW between Joban Tomioka IC and Namie IC was 11,200 vehicles/day, an increase of about 3,000 vehicles/day compared to the traffic volume one month after opening.
- This is thought to be due to the conversion from the Ban-Etsu Expressway and Tohoku Expressway, etc., resulting in a decrease in traffic congestion on the Tohoku Expressway.
- Congestion extension (km) × congestion time (h) ÷ 2
3 congestion
- Congestion of 10 km or more on the main line occurred 6 times in the Out-bound direction (±0 times from the previous year) and 4 times in the In-bound direction (6 times from the previous year), a total of 10 times (6 times from the previous year).
- The maximum length of congestion on the main line is 16.0 km (-17.9 km compared to the previous year), and the Shirakawa Interchange (IC) to Sukagawa on the Tohoku Expressway Saturday, May 3 (9:09 to 11:34 peak time 10:35) It occurred between ICs (In-bound line). This traffic jam was caused by an accident and traffic concentration near the Shiraishi Central SIC.
- The amount of traffic congestion was 236 kmh (26% of the previous year), a decrease of about 70%.
Comparison period
For details, please refer to the attached materials.
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