Expressway traffic situation during Golden Week [Hokkaido version]

April 28 (Wed)-May 5 (Wed): 8 days
[Comparison target: Wednesday, April 29, 2009-Wednesday, May 6, 2009: 8 days]

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May 6, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Sapporo City Atsubetsu-ku) has summarized the traffic conditions of Expressway in Hokkaido during the Golden Week period (hereinafter referred to as “GW period”) as follows.

Number of units used during one period

Average number of units used per day About 200 thousand units And compared to last year 5.6% increase Did.

During the GW period, the number of daily use was highest, About 255,000 units on Sunday, May 2 So, compared to about 239,000 units on May 4th (Monday), which was the most during the last GW period, 6.9% increase have become.

[Number of units used per day]

Expressway meter This year Last year YoY
199,752 189,178 105.6%
Do-O Expressway 127,424 119,160 106.9%
Sasson Expressway 56,365 54,605 103.2%
Doto Expressway 15,963 15,412 103.6%

Trends in the number of vehicles used (Hokkaido Regional Regional Head Office Office)

Image of the daily change in the number of units used

2 congestion

Congestion over 1km occurred 4 times, 2 times less than last year (6 times).

All four traffic jams were due to traffic congestion.

The longest traffic jam was at the beginning of the Doto Expressway Shimukappu interchange exit on Saturday, May 1st, and the peak traffic length (around 11:10) was 4.4km.

[Number of traffic jams]

Congestion extension This year Last year YoY
Over 1km of traffic 4 times 6 times -Twice
Congestion over 5km 0 times 0 times ± 0 times
total 4 times 6 times -Twice

[Traffic congestion] (Traffic over 1 km)

Road name direction Traffic jam location Traffic jam date and time (peak) Congestion extension Congestion factors
DOTO EXPWY In-bound Sapporo direction Shimukappu Inter Exit Saturday, May 1 11:10 4.4km Traffic concentration
DOTO EXPWY In-bound Sapporo direction Shimukappu Inter Exit Sunday, May 2 at 8:50 2.4km Traffic concentration
DOTO EXPWY Out-bound wide direction Yubari Inter Exit Saturday, May 1 11:00 2.0km Traffic concentration
Sasson Expressway In-bound Otaru direction Otaru Inter Exit Monday, May 3 11:10 1.0km Traffic concentration