Expressway usage during Golden Week
[Tohoku region version]

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May 7, 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku office

NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is during Golden Week [2019 April 26 (Fri)-2019 11 days from May 6] We would like to inform you of the usage status of Expressway in the Tohoku region, which is managed by our company.

Traffic volume

  • Average daily traffic volume in the Tohoku region compared to the previous year About 116% (Approximately 29,000 units / day).
  • The peak traffic volume is Out-bound line Sunday, April 28, In-bound line May 3 (Fri) was.

Congestion

Attachment-3 [PDF: 323KB]

  • The number of traffic jams over 5 km Out-bound direction 18 times (the previous year +9 times), In-bound direction 13 times (the previous year +3 times) of 31 times (the previous year +12 times) Has occurred.
  • The maximum length of traffic is May 3 (Fri) 14:15, E4 19.2km that occurred near the Fukushima Tunnel on the Tohoku Expressway (In-bound line) was. This traffic jam was caused by traffic concentration.

[Average daily traffic during the period]

[H30: H30.4.27 (Fri) -H30.5.7 (Mon)]

[1] H31 (R1) year results [2] H30 FY results YoY [1] / [2]
Average daily traffic volume 29,300 Stand / day 25,200 units / day 116.3%

* A simple average of the 16 main sections. Detailed daily traffic is Attachment-1 [PDF: 166KB] please look at.

[Number of traffic jams]

[H30: H30.4.27 (Fri) -H30.5.7 (Mon)]

Traffic jam scale [1] H31 (R1) year results [2] H30 FY results [3] Difference [1]-[2]
total going down going up total going down going up total going down going up
Congestion over 5km 31 18 13 19 9 10 12 9 3
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 11 5 6 4 1 3 7 4 3
Image of traffic congestion [Out-bound]
Image of the number of traffic jams [In-bound]

For details, please refer to the attached materials.

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