Congestion prediction and avoidance on Expressway during Obon period [national version]

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July 14, 2017
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 Honbun / (Public Goods) The Japan Road Traffic Information CenterBon Festival [12 days from August 5 (Sat), 2017 to August 16 (Wed), 2017] We have compiled a traffic jam forecast based on the concentration of traffic on the Expressway.

Congestion tendency and request for distributed use

Out-bound line August 11 (Fri), The In-bound line A lot of traffic jams from Sunday, August 13 to Tuesday, August 15 Then predicted
Shift the departure date/time based on the traffic congestion forecast Such as avoiding congestion
Before departure or during use Utilization of the latest road traffic information To

1. 1. Congestion forecast

Days when it is predicted that congestion of 10 km or more will occur frequently
[Out-bound line]: August 11 (Fri) [In-bound Line]: From Sunday, August 13 to 15th Tuesday

【10km以上の渋滞予測回数】上下線の合計　512回

[Each company's prediction of particularly long congestion]

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

Company classification	Vertical line	Road name	Congestion peak date and time	Peak traffic congestion	Traffic jam location	number
East Japan	Out-bound line	E4 Tohoku Expressway	8月11日（金）10時頃	45㎞	Near Yaitakita PA	1
East Japan	In-bound line	E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway	Monday, August 14th, around 17:00	45㎞	Near Takasaka SA	2
Central Japan	Out-bound line	E20 ChuoExpressway	8月5日（土）7時頃 8月11日（金）6時頃 8月12日（土）7時頃	45㎞	Near Sagamiko IC	3
Central Japan	In-bound line	E1 Tomei Expressway	Monday, August 14th, around 17:00	40㎞	Near Yamato TN	4
Western Japan / Honshi	Out-bound line	E2A Chugoku Expressway	8月11日（金）7時頃	35㎞	Near Takarazuka Higashi TN	5
Western Japan / Honshi	In-bound line	E28 Kobe Awaji Naruto Road	Tuesday, August 15th, around 18:00	40㎞	Near Maiko TN exit	6

Congestion over 30km during peak hours other than the above table, Attachment 1 [PDF: 144KB] Please confirm.
For how to avoid these congestions, Attachment 2 [PDF: 374KB] Please confirm.

2．分散利用のお願い

Traffic jam is predicted Drive plans that avoid time zones!
Relatively low traffic Drive plan from night to early morning!

[Effect of avoiding peak traffic hours]
For example, in the case of using from Kawaguchi JCT to Nasu IC in Tohoku way on August 13, 2016 (Sat),
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]

Road traffic Changes from moment to moment due to accidents and weather, so Please check before departure and during travel.
You can see the location of congestion, the length of congestion for each time zone, peak time of congestion, etc. Providing traffic congestion prediction information Since we are doing Please use it to plan your travel dates and times.
You can use road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction information from the following sites.

NEXCO EAST
NEXCO CENTRAL
NEXCO WEST
JB Motoshi high speed
Japan Road Traffic Information Center

渋滞予報ガイド（渋滞予測情報の冊子）を休憩施設などで配布しています。
- 渋滞予報ガイドでは8月5日（土）～8月16日（水）の渋滞予測情報を掲載しています。

3. 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, your attention to the speed decrease!
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!

Four. 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"or"Frequent and early breaks" Please take the following precautions.
Also, on the Expressway, we will alert you to the rear-end collision at the end of the traffic jam, so please be careful and drive ahead.

5．休憩施設等での混雑対策の予定

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) Comparison with last year's results

Traffic jam scale	(1) Forecast for 2017			（2）平成28年実績^※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 jams over 10km ^{* 1}	512 times	214 times	298 times	495 times	218 times	277 times	+17 times	▲ 4 times	+21 times
Number of traffic jams over 30km	40 times	16 times	24 times	47 times	19 times	28 times	▲ 7 times	▲ 3 times	▲ 4 times

The number of traffic jams of 10 km or more includes the number of traffic jams of 30 km or more.
平成28年実績は、H28年8月6日（土）～8月17日（水）の12日間を集計（事故などの影響による渋滞を含む）。
各地域別の渋滞予測につきましては、各高速道路会社の公表資料をご覧ください。

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