Traffic situation on highway in Bon Festival (preliminary report) 【NEXCO EAST Edition】

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August 17, 5th year of Reiwa
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized the traffic conditions during the Obon period [Wednesday, August 9, 2020 to Wednesday, August 16, 2023: 8 days]. To do.

Average daily traffic was 113% compared to the same period last year.
There were 82 traffic jams of 10km or more, 134% of the same period last year.
The number of traffic jams over 30 km was 6 times, 200% compared to the same period last year.
The maximum traffic jam length was 36.7 km, which occurred around 8:35 on Friday, August 11, near the Yaita Kita PA on the E4 Tohoku Tohoku Expressway (Out-bound line).

1. 1. Comparison period

Reiwa 5 [Wednesday, August 9, 2023 to Wednesday, August 16, 2023: 8 days]
2020 [August 10, 2020 (Wednesday) to August 17, 2020 (Wednesday): 8 days]

2. Traffic volume

		(1) 2020 results		(2) 2020 results		Contrast (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume ^{* 1} (All cars)		37,800 units/day		33,400 units/day		113％
(Small car)	(Large car)	32,700	5,100	28,700	4,700	114％	109％
Maximum daily traffic		46,300 units/day		38,000 units / day		122％

*1: For details, please see Attachment-1 [PDF: 260KB]

3. 3. Congestion situation

	(1) 2020 results	(2) 2020 results	Contrast (1) / (2)
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more	82 times	61 times	134％
Traffic congestion of 30 km or more	6 times	3 times	200％

Especially long traffic congestion place (3rd worst by direction)

*2: IC: interchange, JCT: junction, SA: service area, PA: parking area, TN: tunnel

Four. Daily traffic conditions

Traffic volume and congestion peaked on August 11th (Friday) for Out-bound direction, and on August 13th (Sunday) and 14th (Monday) for In-bound direction.

[Out-bound]

[In-bound]

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