Traffic conditions on the Expressway during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report)
[NEXCO EAST version]
From Wednesday, December 27, 2006 to Thursday, January 4, 2007: 9 days
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- Traffic conditions on the Expressway during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report)
January 5, 2007
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Number of units used during one period
The number of vehicles used increased by 1.6% compared to last year.
[Number used per day]
(Stand)
| Expressway meter | this year | last year | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,185,819 | 1,167,396 | 101.6％ | ||
| Main road | Do-O Expressway | 69,434 | 67,171 | 103.4％ |
| Tohoku Expressway | 237,892 | 235,294 | 101.1％ | |
| Joban Expressway | 159,296 | 156,385 | 101.8％ | |
| Higashi-Kanto Expressway | 148,439 | 148,654 | 99.9％ | |
| Gaikan Expressway | 134,205 | 131,787 | 101.8％ | |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | 169,943 | 167,841 | 101.3％ | |
| Hokuriku Expressway (*) | 40,091 | 38,841 | 103.2％ | |
*The number of vehicles used between Asahi IC and Niigata Chuo JCT.
2 congestion
The number of passengers used increased from last year, but traffic congestion decreased.
[Number of traffic jams]
| Congestion extension | this year | last year | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 16 times | 19 times | 84.2％ |
| Congestion over 15km | 4 times | 4 times | 100.0％ |
[Traffic congestion area]
| Vertical line | worst | Road name | Traffic jam (peak) | Traffic jam location | Traffic jam Extension | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out-bound line | 1 | Kan-Etsu Expressway | 12/30 (Sat) Around 7:00 | Takasaka Near the Kosaka service area | 13.3km | Traffic concentration |
| 2 | Tokyo outer ring road | 12/27 (Wednesday) Around 18:15 | Kawachinishi Near Kawaguchi West Interchange | 13.2km | Traffic concentration accident | |
| 3 | Nagano Road | 12/27 (Wednesday) Around 9:45 | Inariyama Near Inariyama Tunnel | 12.6km | accident | |
| In-bound line | 1 | Kan-Etsu Expressway | 1/2 (Tue) Around 16:40 | Takasaka Near the Kosaka service area | 27.3km | accident· Traffic concentration |
| 2 | Kan-Etsu Expressway | 1/2 (Tue) Around 17:30 | Komayose Near the Komayose parking area | 22.4km | Traffic concentration | |
| 3 | Joban Expressway | 1/3 (Wed) Around 16:55 | Nagareyama Near Nagareyama interchange | 18.9km | accident· Traffic concentration |
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