Expressway traffic conditions during Golden Week (preliminary report) [national version]
[Friday, April 25, 2014-Tuesday, May 6 2014, 12 days]
The same period last year (12 days from April 25 (Thursday) to May 6 (Monday), 2013)
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- Expressway traffic conditions during Golden Week (preliminary report) [national version]
May 7, 2014
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST / NEXCO CENTRAL / NEXCO WEST / JB Motoshi Expressway has summarized the traffic conditions during the Golden Week period.
Golden Week period overview
- A lot of traffic jams occurred during the last 4 consecutive holidays.
- The year-on-year decrease in the average daily traffic volume on major Expressway across Japan decreased by approximately 7%.
- Maximum daily traffic was almost the same as the same day of the previous year.
Traffic volume during one period
Major sections of Expressway nationwide (Attachment 1 [PDF: 76KB] Simple mean of)
| This year (1) H26 results | Last year (2) H25 results | Contrast (1) / (2) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic volume | 42,100 units/day | 45,200 units/day | 93％ |
| Maximum daily traffic | 62,600 units/day | 62,300 units/day | 100％ |
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Number of traffic jams (Number of traffic jams over 10km includes traffic count over 30km)
| This year (1) H26 results | Last year (2) H25 results | Contrast (1)-(2) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 284 times | 375 times | -91 times |
| Traffic congestion of 30 km or more | 33 times | 35 times | -Twice |
Particularly long congestion points at each company
| Company classification | Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam location | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam Extension | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Japan | Out-bound line | Tohoku Expressway | Near Iwafune JCT | May 3 (Sat) 09:35 | 63.9km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| In-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near Takasaka SA | May 5 (Monday) around 15:50 | 44.0 km | Traffic concentration | |
| Central Japan | Out-bound line | Tomei Expressway | Near Hadano Nakai IC | May 3 (Sat) 07:15 | 46.4km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| In-bound line | Tomei Expressway | Near Toyokawa IC | Saturday, May 3, around 10:20 | 37.5km | Traffic concentration | |
| Western Japan ・ Honshi | Out-bound line | Kyushu Road | Near Chikushino IC | Saturday, May 3, 11:50 | 53.0km | Traffic concentration |
| In-bound line | Kobe Awaji Naruto Road | Near Maiko TN exit | Sunday, May 4, around 19:45 | 52.0 km | Traffic concentration |
topic
- NEXCO 3 company section traffic trends [PDF: 107KB]
- Traffic trends in the four main sections [PDF: 102KB]
- Traffic trends since opening of the New Tomei (Gotemba JCT to Mikkabi JCT) [PDF: 251KB]
- Traffic trends after operating three lanes (provisional) of Tomei (Otowa Gamagori IC-Toyota JCT) (H23.10) [PDF: 346KB]
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