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Congestion prediction on Expressway during the year-end and New Year period [national version]

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November 28, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.
Japan Road Traffic Information Center

East/Middle/West Japan (NEXCO3 Company)/JB Honshi Expressway/(Foundation) The Japan Road Traffic Information Center is open for the year-end and New Year holidays [from December 22, 2011 (Thursday) to January 4, 2012 (Wednesday)] 14 days] Expressway traffic congestion forecast by traffic concentration.

1 Request for distributed use

  • Congestion during the year-end and New Year period, Out-bound line December 29th (Thursday) to 30th (Friday) and January 2nd (Monday) to 3rd (Tuesday) On the In-bound line January 2 (Mon) to 3 (Tue) In addition, it is predicted that there will be many congestions of 10 km or more during peak hours. (Refer to the figure below) Please avoid the traffic congestion by shifting the departure time of the customer before and after the time when peak traffic congestion is expected.
  • This traffic congestion forecast is based on the traffic conditions such as the year-end and New Year holidays when the holiday special discount (up to 1,000 yen) was not applied, the traffic congestion period such as this year's Bon Festival, and the Tohoku region free measures.
  • Tohoku area may cause unexpected traffic congestion due to free measures. Please check the latest road conditions before using the Expressway.

[Estimation of particularly long traffic jams by vertical lines]
IC: Interchange, JCT: Junction, TN: Tunnel

Image image of the prediction of the occurrence of particularly long traffic jams by vertical lines

[Number of daily congestion occurrences predicted to peak at 10 km or more] 209 times in total

Image image of the number of daily occurrences of traffic congestion predicted to peak at 10 km or more

Comparison of the number of traffic jams with the year-end and New Year holidays last year H22.12.22 (Wed)-H23.1.4 (Tue): 14 days (including the impact of accidents, etc.)

Image image of the number of traffic jams compared with the year-end and New Year holidays last year

Of the above, comparison of the number of congestion in the Tohoku region free measure section*

Of the above, image image of the comparison of the number of traffic congestion in the Tohoku region free measure section *
  • Tohoku Expressway (Shirakawa-Aomori), Aomori Road, Hachinohe Road, Kamaishi Road, Akita Road, Sea of Japan Tohoku Expressway, Tohoku Chuo Road, Yamagata Road, Ban-Etsu Expressway, Joban Expressway ( Mito-Hirono, Yamamoto-Watari), Momoishi Toll Road, Kotooka-Noshiro Road, Akita outer ring road, Yuzawa-Yokote Road, Yonezawa Nan-Yo Road, Sendai-Hokubu Road, Sendai-Tobu Road, Sanriku Road

2 Plan for congestion measures

Based on the situation of congestion forecasts and last year's traffic congestion period (GW, Bon Festival, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.), in the period that is especially predict the intense congestion, In-bound speed decrease caution in the slope or the like, a rear-end collision attention to the traffic jam at the end We are planning to implement measures against congestion, such as inviting people, arranging parking lot organizers at rest facilities, installing temporary toilets, and securing large vehicle parking spaces.

Image of planned congestion countermeasures

[Countermeasure example]

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