Expressway traffic situation during traffic congestion (preliminary report) [national version]

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Expressway traffic situation during traffic congestion (preliminary report) [national version]

January 5, 2006
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.

[Number used per day]

(Stand)

Expressway meter		this year	last year	YoY
Expressway meter		3,710,559	3,494,542	106.2%
Main road	Do-O Expressway	67,171	66,075	101.7%
	Tohoku Expressway	235,294	217,566	108.1%
	Kan-Etsu Expressway	167,841	151,157	111.0%
	Tomei Expressway	386,549	363,162	106.4%
	ChuoExpressway	204,215	191,733	106.5%
	Meishin Expressway	234,413	222,914	105.2%
	Higashi-Meihan Expressway	198,959	198,442	100.3%
	Sanyo Expressway	158,929	148,164	107.3%
	Kyushu Expressway	213,267	201,053	106.1%

[Number of traffic jams]

Congestion extension	this year	last year	YoY
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more	126 times	145 times	86.9%
Over 30km of traffic	8 times	13 times	61.5%

[Traffic congestion area]

worst	Vertical line	Road name	Traffic jam date and time (peak)	Traffic jam location	Congestion extension	Company classification
1	Out-bound line	Tomei Expressway	December 27, around 3:00	(Mikkabi) Near Mikkabi IC	27.6km	Central Japan
2	Out-bound line	Meishin Expressway	December 27 around 21:00	(My hara) Near Maibara BS	25.2km	Central Japan
3	Out-bound line	Tomei Expressway	January 3 at 17:00	(Toyota) Near Toyota JCT	23.9km	Central Japan
1	In-bound line	Meishin Expressway	December 27 around 20:00	(Sekigahara) Near Sekigahara IC	33.3km	Central Japan
2	In-bound line	Meishin Expressway	December 27, around 2:00	(Sekigahara) Near Sekigahara IC	32.8km	Central Japan
3	In-bound line	Tomei Expressway	January 3rd, around 18:00	(Agata) Near prefecture BS	32.7km	Central Japan

*Including the impact of snowfall and emergency construction