Comfortable drive forecast during Golden Week [NEXCO EAST]
Peak of ~ congestion, Out-bound May 3 days in line (water) to 4 (Thursday), In-bound and predicted to May 4 days in the line (Thursday) to 5 (gold)
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- Comfortable drive forecast during Golden Week [NEXCO EAST]
March 29, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized traffic congestion prediction and countermeasures due to traffic congestion during the Golden Week period (Friday, April 28, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017: 10 days). ..
1 Request for distributed use
- During the Golden Week period, it is predicted that there will be a lot of traffic congestion on the Out-bound line from May 3 (Wed) to 4 (Thurs) and on the In-bound line from May 4 (Thu) to 5 (Fri).
- Prediction of the longest traffic jam in NEXCO EAST [Attachment 1 [PDF: 381KB] for traffic jam prediction with a maximum traffic jam length of 20 km or more]
- Out-bound: May 3 (Wednesday), E6 Joban Expressway Tsuchiura Kita Interchange (Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture) Approximately 45km
- Upbound: May 5 (Friday), near the E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka Service Area (Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture) Approximately In-bound
- When planning your departure, we recommend that you avoid congestion by shifting the peak day or time of expected congestion.
[Traffic occurrence tendency is as shown below]
Comparison of the number of traffic jams with the Golden Week period of the previous year
| Traffic jam scale | 2017 H29.4.28 (Friday) -H29.5.7 (Sunday) |
2016 H28.4.29 (Friday) -H28.5.8 (Sunday) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of predictions | Total traffic count | Number of traffic jams due to traffic concentration (*) | |
| 10km or more | 102 times | 89 times | 74 times |
- The number of traffic jams due to traffic concentration is the number of traffic jams excluding the impact of accidents, etc.
2 Measures to counter congestion
Based on the current traffic congestion forecast and the traffic congestion period until now (year-end and New Year holidays, Obon, Golden Week, etc.), we will implement the following efforts during the period when we predict particularly heavy congestion. Attachment 2 [PDF: 423KB]
- Initiatives in the main line
-In-bound rear-end collision Beware of speed decrease caution, traffic jam end in slope, etc. - Efforts at rest facilities
・ Arrangement of parking lot organizers ・ Securing large vehicle parking spaces ・ Installation of temporary toilets, etc.
Notice
- Expressway traffic information service "Drive Traffic (DraTra)"Attachment 3 [PDF: 885KB]
Expressway the offers on the Internet, such as real-time road traffic conditions and congestion prediction information. It can be viewed from PCs, smartphones/tablets, and mobile phone terminals.
" DraTra", a Expressway traffic information service provided by NEXCO EAST
computer (http://www.drivetraffic.jp/)
Smartphones and tablets (http://www.drivetraffic.jp/smp/)
Mobile phone (http://m.drivetraffic.jp/)
Please use. - Congestion forecast guide
NEXCO EAST Tube, NEXCO CENTRAL Tube Junior College (Chubu District) is posted in the service area / parking area, please use the traffic jam guidance guide. - Expressway are different from ordinary roads. You need to be well prepared and have a certain amount of tension when riding.
Do you know Tips for using the Expressway ~ Attachment 4 [PDF:918KB]
3 Application of ETC holiday discount
During the Golden Week period, the three ETC holiday discounts (local areas) will be applied on April 29th (Sat) to 30th (Sun) and May 3rd (Wed) to 7th, 2017. It is a day.
4 Requests for alleviating traffic congestion
A little effort from customers will help alleviate traffic congestion. Thank you for your cooperation.
- 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!
Topics 1 CA Congestion at Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway
Regarding the Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway, the traffic volume has increased and traffic congestion has increased in recent years due to the Aqua Line discount (H21.8~) for ETC vehicles and the opening of large commercial facilities (H24.4~).
Directed from the Chiba district in Kanagawa towards In-bound line, Kawasaki floating island JCT 4% from 0.2% gradient is changed to front In-bound and around the hill, the previous past the Umihotaru PA Out-bound in the vicinity of the hill, constantly from the usual holiday There is a lot of traffic congestion in the area, and we will extend to the vicinity of the Kisarazu Kaneda toll gate.
During this year's Golden Week period, it is predicted that there will be a long traffic jam of approximately 15km on the In-bound lines from April 30 (Sun) and May 4 (Thurs) to 5 (Fri).
We know that the peak day of congestion last year during Golden Week took about 1 hour and 10 minutes more than when there was no traffic. Since it takes a lot of time to pass when traffic is congested, please cooperate in avoiding the time zone (around 12:00 to 22:00 on the In-bound line) where traffic congestion is predicted.
Case of May 5, 2016 (Thursday)
Topics 2 Comparison of time required for route selection
～ Analysis result by ETC2.0 probe data ～
- Due to the development of Expressway, multiple routes can be selected even at the same starting and arriving points.
- Using the section from the Takasaki IC area to the Kawaguchi JCT area as an example, we analyzed the average time required for the customer's route selection last year using ETC2.0 probe data.
- As a result, due to traffic congestion on the Kan-Etsu Expressway, the time required for the route via the Northern Kanto Expressway, which has a long mileage, is Time zone that will be shortened by about 20 minutes had.
- Please use the traffic jam forecast and leave with plenty of time. Also, check the traffic conditions on the information boards on the Expressway and the wide area information monitors of rest facilities such as service areas, and select the route.
Example of passing through the Takasaki IC from 10:00 to 14:00 on May 5, 2016 (Thursday)
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