Traffic congestion mitigation effect by providing traffic congestion prediction information
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September 8, 2006
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Traffic congestion mitigation effect by providing traffic congestion prediction information
- The daily traffic volume on Expressway in our area increased slightly compared to last year, but the traffic congestion on the In-bound line was dispersed from August 14th (Monday) to 17th (Thursday). *1 Was down about 20% from last year.
- In-bound Many companies took long summer vacations as a factor in reducing congestion on the line. *2 In addition to the traffic congestion forecast information, there were many customers who used Expressway on days with few traffic congestion forecasts, avoiding the peak traffic congestion on the 14th (Mon) to 15th (Tue). This is also a factor.
- The traffic congestion forecast information is used by many customers, and in July and August this year, the number of times it was used was about 1.8 times that of the previous year.
(10 million cases of traffic congestion forecast information (homepage, mobile) nationwide in July and August)
In addition, in a questionnaire about traffic congestion prediction information conducted on the Expressway information site "DoraNavi", about 40% of respondents answered that "avoid traffic congestion with traffic congestion prediction information".
- "Traffic volume" is an index that indicates the size of traffic (congestion length x congestion time)
- June 16, 2006 According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's "Results of a survey on the planned implementation of consecutive vacations in the summer of 2006," the average number of consecutive vacation days was 7.9 days.
[In-bound Line congestion status] Targets congestion of 5 km or more
The number of times traffic congestion occurred on the In-bound line for more than 5km and the amount of traffic congestion decreased by approximately 22% from the previous year.
- Congestion frequency: H17 150 times ⇒ H18 115 times (▲23%)
- Total traffic volume: H17 5.3 thousand km・hr ⇒ H18 4.2 thousand km・hr (▲22%)
- Drive calendar
- : Providing traffic congestion prediction information for the next 6 months (time required for peak traffic, length of traffic congestion per hour, etc.)
- Highway navigator
- : Provide arrival time and transit time in consideration of traffic congestion prediction for each departure time
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