Congestion prediction on Expressway during Golden Week [national version]

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March 27, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.
(Public foundation) Japan Road Traffic Information Center

NEXCO EAST / NEXCO CENTRAL / NEXCO WEST /JB Motoshi Expressway/(public interest incorporated foundation) The Japan Road Traffic Information Center is during the Golden Week [Saturday, April 25, 2015-May 2015] 12th of 6th (Wednesday)] Expressway traffic congestion forecast is summarized.

Congestion tendency of Golden Week and request for distributed use

Both upper and lower lines, Traffic congestion was particularly high during the last 5 consecutive holidays I predict.
Avoiding traffic congestion based on the forecast content Do distributed use.
Before departure and during use Utilization of the latest road traffic information To.

1 Congestion prediction

Days when it is predicted that congestion of 10 km or more will occur frequently
[Out-bound line]: From Saturday, May 2 to Sunday, May 3
[In-bound Line]: May 3 (Sun)-5 (Tue)

Congestion forecasts over 10km Total of up and down lines 330 times

Image image of the number of times of traffic congestion prediction of 10 km or more

Prediction of particularly long traffic jams for each company

IC: Interchange, PA: Parking area, SA: Service area, TN: Tunnel

Company classification	Vertical line	Road name	Congestion peak date and time	Peak traffic congestion	Traffic jam location
East Japan	Out-bound line	Kan-Etsu Expressway	Sunday, May 3 8:00	50㎞	Near Hanazono IC
East Japan	In-bound line	Tohoku Expressway	Monday, May 4th, around 18:00	45㎞	Near Kamikochi SA
Central Japan	Out-bound line	ChuoExpressway	Saturday, May 2nd, around 6pm	45㎞	Near Fujino PA
Central Japan	In-bound line	Tomei Expressway	May 5 (Tue) 16:00	40㎞	Near Yamato TN
Western Japan / Honshi	Out-bound line	Chugoku Expressway	May 2 (Sat) 7:00	30㎞	Near Takarazuka East TN
Western Japan / Honshi	In-bound line	Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway	May 5 (Tue) 18:00	50㎞	Near Maiko TN exit

Congestion over 30km during peak hours other than the above table, Attachment [PDF: 96KB] Please confirm.

2 Request for distributed use

Of expected traffic congestion Drive plans with different peak days or hours!
Relatively little traffic congestion Drive plan from night to early morning!

Avoidance effect during peak traffic hours

For example, in the case of using the Tohoku Expressway from Nasu IC to Kawaguchi JCT on Sunday, May 4, 2014,
By shifting the departure time, you can avoid congestion and shorten the time required was. (See table below)

Image of avoidance effect during peak traffic hours

Providing road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction information

The latest road traffic conditions may change due to traffic jams due to accidents and weather, so please use this before departure or while traveling.
The traffic congestion prediction information can be used to plan the travel date and time, as it can show the location of the traffic congestion, the traffic length for each time zone, and the peak traffic time.
You can use road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction information from the following sites.

We also distribute a traffic jam forecast information booklet (congestion forecast guide) at rest facilities.

3 Request for alleviation of traffic congestion

Customer's A little effort will help alleviate traffic congestion. Thank you for your cooperation.

In-bound image of speed decrease caution in slope, etc.

In-bound attention to the rate of decrease in the slope
In-bound in a place that is alerting the slowdown, such as slope, for your cooperation to speed recovery!
Do not reduce the distance between vehicles too much
Ensure sufficient inter-vehicle distance so that you do not press the brakes while driving!
Do not change lanes
Excessive lane changes during traffic jams will worsen traffic congestion!

4 Request for safe driving

Image of warning of rear-end collision at the end of traffic jam

Accidents frequently occur during traffic congestion. When using the Expressway "Wear all seat belts" When "Frequent and early breaks" Please take the following precautions. In addition, on the Expressway we guide you to the warning of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam.

5 Plans for measures against congestion at rest facilities

Based on traffic congestion forecasts and past traffic congestion periods (GW, Obon, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.) Arrangement of parking lot organizers, installation of temporary toilets, and securing of parking for large vehicles We plan to implement measures against congestion, etc.

reference

In 2014 results, It includes traffic congestion due to the impact of accidents.

Traffic jam scale	(1) FY2015 forecast			(2) FY2014 results *2			Difference ((1)-(2))
Traffic jam scale	total	going down	going up	total	going down	going up	total	going down	going up
Number of traffic congestion of 10km or more * 1	330 times	143 times	187 times	284 times	118 times	166 times	+46 times	+25 times	+21 times
Number of traffic jams over 30km	39 times	19 times	20 times	33 times	18 times	15 times	+6 times	+1 time	+5 times

The number of traffic jams of 10 km or more includes the number of traffic jams of 30 km or more.
The 2014 results are for 12 days from April 25 (Fri) to May 6 (Tue), 2014.

For traffic congestion forecasts by region, please refer to the materials released by each road company.

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