Traffic conditions on Expressway during Golden Week (preliminary report) [national version]
April 28 (Wed)-May 5 (Wed): 8 days
*Comparison target is Golden Week from April 29th (Wednesday) to May 6th (Wednesday): 8 days
Last year's Golden Week April 29th (Tue)-May 6th (Tue): 8 days
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- Traffic conditions on Expressway during Golden Week (preliminary report) [national version]
May 6, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
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1 congestion
[Number of traffic jams] (The number of traffic jams over 10km includes the number of traffic jams over 30km.)
| Congestion extension | This year (1) | Last year (2) | Contrast (1) / (2) | H20 (3) (Before 1,000 yen on holiday) | Contrast (1)/(3) | (reference) H22 forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10km or more Traffic jam | 408 times | 402 times | 101% | 190 times | 215% | 427 times |
| 30km or more Traffic jam | 53 times | 58 times | 91% | 28 times | 189% | 49 times |
[Traffic jam location]
・Main traffic congestion
| Work Strike | Up and down line | Road name | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam location | Congestion extension | Congestion factors | Company classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Out-bound line | Tohoku Expressway | May 1 (Sat) | Around 9:50 | Fukushima TN near | 54.8km | Traffic concentration And accident | East Japan |
| (2) | Out-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | May 2 (Sun) | Around 7:30 | Hanazono IC near | 49.7 km | Traffic concentration And accident | East Japan |
| (3) | Out-bound line | Tohoku Expressway | May 1 (Sat) | Around 13:05 | Ichinoseki TN near | 47.1km | Accident and Traffic concentration | East Japan |
| (1) | In-bound line | Chuo Expressway | May 2 (Sun) | Around 11:00 | Misaka PA near | 53.4 km | Accident and Traffic concentration | Central Japan |
| (2) | In-bound line | Tomei Expressway | May 2 (Sun) | Around 19:30 | Yamato TN near | 49.9km | Traffic concentration And accident | Central Japan |
| (3) | In-bound line | Tomeisaka | May 3 (Mon) | Around 19:40 | Yokkaichi IC near | 47.5 km | Traffic concentration | Central Japan |
| In-bound line | Kyushu Road | May 4 (Tue) | Around 14:10 | Yawata IC near | 47.5 km | Accident and Traffic concentration | Western Japan | |
2 Traffic volume during the period
[Daily average traffic volume] Main sections of Expressway nationwide (simple average of 23 cross sections in Attachment 1)
| 2010 Golden Week (1) (Unit/day) | 2009 Golden Week (2) (Unit/day) | Year-on-year comparison (1)/(2) | 2008 Golden Week (3) (Before 1,000 yen on holiday) (Unit/day) | Year-on-year comparison (1)/(3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56,700 | 55,600 | 102% | 44,700 | 127% |

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