Social experiment of time zone discount at holiday traffic jam point
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June 8, 2007
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
1 Objective of the experiment
In the “Concrete Measures for Revision of Specified Financial Resources for Roads”, which was decided by the Cabinet at the end of last year, it is decided that new measures will be taken to efficiently use and enhance the functions of existing highway networks by reducing Expressway tolls, etc. We will understand the effects and impacts in the fee social experiment in 2007.
As part of this Tomei Expressway In-bound Line near Yamato Tunnel, Chuo Expressway In-bound Line near Kobutsu Tunnel, Kan-Etsu Expressway In-bound Line near Hanazono Interchange (hereinafter referred to as "IC") And Chugoku Expressway In-bound Start social experiment of time zone discount at holiday congestion point near Takarazuka west tunnel on June 24th To do.
In this social experiment, we will verify the effects and impacts of traffic dispersion and changes in toll revenue by discounting charges in order to shift traffic that passes through congestion points on holidays from 20:00 to 22:00.
2 Outline of experiment
From 20:00 on Sunday, June 24, 2007
A vehicle traveling on a Expressway using the ETC system, and using the target entrance IC and exit IC, pass either the entrance IC or exit IC toll gate on Sundays and holidays from 20:00 to 22:00 Vehicle (all models)
- Tomei Expressway (In-bound line) [Traffic congestion point: near Yamato Tunnel]Entrance: Tomei Expressway Each IC (toll gate) between Atsugi IC and Shizuoka ICExit: Tomei Expressway Each IC (toll gate) between Tokyo IC and Yokohama Machida IC
- Chuo Expressway etc. (In-bound line) [Traffic congestion point: near Kobutsu Tunnel]Entrances: Chuo Expressway Sagamiko IC-Kawaguchiko IC, Katsunuma IC-Suwa IC, Chubu Odan Expressway Shirane IC-Masuho IC (South Alps Main Line Tollgate)Exit: Chuo Expressway-Hachioji IC, Hachioji Main Line Toll Gate, Ken-O Road-Hachioji West IC (Toll Gate)
- Kan-Etsu Expressway etc. (In-bound line) [Traffic congestion point: near Hanazono IC]Entrance: Kan-Etsu Expressway Higashimatsuyama IC-Yuzawa IC, Joshin-Etsu Expressway Fujioka IC-Saku IC, Kita-Kanto Expressway Maebashi Minami IC-Isesaki IC (toll gate)Exit: Kan-Etsu Expressway- between Tsurugashima IC ~ Nerima IC (Niiza toll booth), Ken-O Road- Akiruno each IC (toll booth) between IC ~ KenHisashi Tsurugashima IC
- Chugoku Expressway etc. (In-bound line) [Traffic congestion points: near Takarazuka West Tunnel]Entrance: Chugoku Expressway-Yamazaki IC-Nishimiya Yamaguchi JCT, Sanyo Expressway-Sanyo Himeji West IC-Kobe Kita IC, Kobe West IC, Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway Sanda Nishi IC-Fukuchiyama IC, Bantan Expressway* (Hyogo Prefectural Road Corporation)-Himeji JCT (Hanada Main Line Toll Gate)-each IC (toll gate) between Ichikawa Minami ICExit: Chugoku Expressway-Takarazuka IC-China Suita IC, Suita Main Line toll gates (toll gates)
- No discount will be applied to the fare for the Bantan Expressway.
50%
- There is no overlapping application with other time discounts, and the highest discount amount of all discounts will be applied.
The discount time, discount rate, target IC and exit IC, etc. may be additionally changed based on the usage situation in the experiment.
[Material] Attachment: Examples of social experiment fees for time zone discounts at holiday congestion points [PDF: 382KB]
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