Expressway traffic during the year-end and New Year period [Hokkaido version]
December 22, 2011 (Thursday) to January 4, 2012 (Wednesday): 14 days
[Comparison target: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 to Tuesday, January 4, 2011: 14 days,
December 22, 2009 (Tue) to January 4, 2010 (Mon): 14 days before last year]
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- Expressway traffic during the year-end and New Year period [Hokkaido version]
January 5, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Atsubetsu Ward, Sapporo City) has summarized the traffic conditions on Expressway in Hokkaido during the year-end and New Year holidays as follows.
Average daily traffic volume during one period
The average daily traffic volume for the main sections is shown in the table below.
With the completion of the free social experiment, the traffic volume between Fukagawa and Asahikawa Takasu on the Do-O Expressway was almost the same as the traffic two years before the free social experiment.
In addition, due to the influence of the opening of the Shimukappu Doto Expressway, the traffic volume for each section has increased significantly compared to the traffic volume two years before the free social experiment.
In addition, the traffic volume during the period decreased due to a long-term suspension of traffic during the first half of the period, but since the 27th, it has been almost the same as the previous year, almost the same as the previous year.
(Unit/day)
| Road name | section | This year (1) |
Last year *(2) |
The year before last (3) |
YoY (1)/(2) |
Year-on-year (1)/(3) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do-O Expressway | Fukagawa-Takasu Asahikawa | 7,700 | 14,400 | 7,600 | 53% | 101% | |
| Eniwa-Kitahiroshima | 31,100 | 32,200 | 29,400 | 97% | 106% | ||
| Kokuzai-Ochomanbu | 3,000 | 3,100 | 2,500 | 97% | 120% | ||
| Forest-Ochibe | 2,500 | － | － | － | － | New opening section | |
| Sasson Expressway | Asari ~ Zenkou | 12,400 | 13,600 | 12,400 | 91% | 100% | |
| Doto Expressway | Chitose East-Oiwake Town | 4,600 | 4,500 | 2,600 | 102% | 177% | |
| Yubari-Mukawa Hobetsu | 5,100 | － | － | － | － | New opening section | |
| Mukawa Hobetsu ~ Shimukappu | 5,200 | － | － | － | － | New opening section | |
| Tomamu-Tokachi Shimizu | 5,500 | 6,200 | 3,300 | 89% | 167% |
- In the previous year, we are conducting a free social experiment
Note) Traffic volume is a preliminary value from a traffic counter [automatic measuring device for traffic volume (approximate number) installed on the road]
[Transition of traffic volume during the period]
(1) Fukagawa IC-Asahikawa Takasu IC daily traffic volume
(2) Eniwa IC-Kita Hiroshima IC Daily traffic volume
(3) Tomamu IC-Tokachi Shimizu IC Daily traffic volume
2 congestion
Congestion over 1km occurred three times, one time less than the previous year (four times). Compared to the year before last (6 times), it decreased 3 times.
The longest was congestion, December 29 to Thursday, Do-O Expressway traffic jam extension of the accompanied closed to traffic due to an accident that was the beginning of the Asahikawa direction Sapporominami Inter exit, (around 5:30 pm) peak during the 2.0km have become.
[Number of traffic jams]
| Congestion extension | this year | Previous year | YoY | (Reference) Two years before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-5km traffic jam | 3 times | 4 times | -Once | 6 times |
| Congestion over 5km | 0 times | 0 times | ± 0 times | 0 times |
| total | 3 times | 4 times | -Once | 6 times |
[Traffic congestion location]
| Road name | Traffic jam location | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Congestion extension | Cause of traffic jam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hokkaido road | Sapporo South IC exit (Asahikawa direction) | Thursday, December 29th, around 17:30 | 2.0㎞ | Exit congestion due to traffic closure |
| 2 | Hokkaido road | Near Kita Eniwa BS (Sapporo direction) | December 30 (Friday) around 17:30 | 1.4㎞ | accident |
| 3 | Hokkaido road | Kitahiroshima IC Exit (Sapporo direction) | Monday, January 2, around 12:30 | 1.2㎞ | Traffic concentration |
IC stands for interchange and BS stands for bus stop.