Congestion prediction and countermeasures on Golden Week Expressway [national version]
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- Congestion prediction and countermeasures on Golden Week Expressway [national version]
April 6, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.
East/Middle/West Japan (NEXCO 3 companies)/JB Motoshi Expressway is Golden Week [12 days from Wednesday, April 28 to Sunday, May 9, 2010] Expressway on traffic congestion prediction and countermeasures are summarized.
1 Request for distributed use
- The congestion during Golden Week is Out-bound line is from May 1 (Sat) to 3 (Mon), and the In-bound line is May 3 (Mon) and 4 (Tue). It is predicted that there will be a lot of traffic congestion of 10 km or more during peak hours. (See the figure below)
- April 30th (Friday) is a weekday, but the holiday special discount is applied It has become. By all means, please use it and use it in a distributed manner.
- This traffic congestion forecast is based on the actual traffic volume increase and traffic congestion conditions confirmed during the traffic congestion seasons such as last week's Golden Week, Obon, and New Year's holidays as the effect of special holiday discounts.
[Prediction of the longest traffic congestion by vertical line]
*IC: Interchange, JCT: Junction, TN: Tunnel
| Road name (direction) | Congestion peak date and time (prediction) | Traffic jam location | location | Traffic jam section (End IC ⇒ IC on the top side) | Peak time Congestion length (Km) | Normal time Passing time | Traffic jam Peak time Passing time | company name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kan-Etsu Expressway (Out-bound line) From Tokyo to Niigata | May 2 (Sun) Around 7:00 | Near Hanazono IC | Saitama Fukaya | Oizumi JCT ⇒ Hanazono IC | 50km | 0：30 | 1：40 | East Japan |
| Tomei Expressway (In-bound line) From Nagoya to Tokyo | May 3 (Mon) Around 19:00 | Near Yamato TN | Kanagawa Prefecture Yamato City | Gotemba IC ⇒ Yokohama Machida IC | 45km | 0：25 | 1：50 | Central Japan |
| Tomei Expressway (In-bound line) From Nagoya to Tokyo | Tuesday, May 4 Around 19:00 | Near Yamato TN | Kanagawa Prefecture Yamato City | Gotemba IC ⇒ Yokohama Machida IC | 45km | 0：25 | 1：50 | Central Japan |
| Kyushu Road (In-bound line) From Kumamoto to Yamaguchi | Tuesday, May 4 Around 19:00 | Near Hachiman IC | Fukuoka Prefecture Kitakyushu | Dazaifu IC ⇒ Ogura Minami IC | 45km | 0：25 | 2：15 | Western Japan |
[A total of 444 times of daily traffic jams predicted to peak at 10 km or more]
Comparison of the number of traffic jams with last year's Golden Week [H21: 4/29 (Wed)-5/10 (Sun) *Including the impact of accidents, etc.]
| Traffic jam scale | (1) 2010 GW | (2) 2009 GW | Difference ((1)-(2)) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | |
| Number of traffic jams over 10km | 444 times | 198 times | 246 times | 420 times | 186 times | 234 times | +24 times | +12 times | +12 times |
| Number of traffic jams over 30km | 50 times | 23 times | 27 times | 59 times | 30 times | 29 times | ▲9 times | ▲ 7 times | ▲ 2 times |
2 Plan for congestion measures
Based on the situation of congestion forecasts and last year traffic congestion period (GW, Bon Festival, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.), especially severe congestion during the period in which to predict, In-bound speed decrease caution in the slope or the like, the dark by the illumination up of tunnel lighting We are planning to implement measures against congestion, such as alleviating the feeling of pressure and pressure, alerting the rear end of the traffic jam, arranging parking lot organizers at rest facilities, installing temporary toilets, and securing large vehicle parking lots.
| Items | Main measures | unit | Measured quantity of each company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEXCO East Japan | NEXCO Central Japan | NEXCO Western Japan | JB book Four high speeds | 4 companies total | |||
| Book line Department | (1) In-bound reminder the rate of decrease in the slope, etc. | Location | 72 | 94 | 30 | 28 | 224 |
(2) Relieving darkness and oppressive feeling by increasing the illumination of tunnel lighting | Location | 43 | 91 | 70 | 2 | 206 | |
(3) Calling attention to the rear end of a traffic jam | Location | 138 | 64 | 90 | 18 | 310 | |
| SA PA | (4) Placement of parking lot organizers at rest facilities | total People/day | 4,494 | 3,247 | 1,800 | 248 | 9,789 |
(5) Installation of temporary toilet | Basis | 295 | 267 | 180 | 27 | 769 | |
(6) Secure parking for large vehicles | Location | 88 | 47 | 40 | 13 | 188 | |
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