Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Obon Expressway [Metropolitan area version]
The peak of the Out-bound line is from August 12th (Thursday) to 14th (Saturday)
The peak of the In-bound line is from August 14th (Saturday) to 16th (Monday)
~ It is predicted that a long traffic jam will occur. Decentralized use to alleviate traffic congestion
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- Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Obon Expressway [Metropolitan area version]
July 16, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office
Central Japan Expressway Tokyo Regional Head Office
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. Hachioji Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office and NEXCO CENTRAL Tokyo Regional Head Office /Hachioji Regional Head Office are in the Bon festival period [August 5, 2010 (Thursday) to August 18, 2010 (Wednesday) 14 days] Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture We have summarized the trends and countermeasures for traffic congestion (10 km or more) due to traffic concentration that is expected to occur on the Expressway.
ETC holiday special discounts will be implemented this year as well, so we expect that there will be more congestion as well as last year's festival. Please refer to this traffic congestion forecast to shift the departure time before and after the time when the peak of traffic congestion is predicted, so please use it to create a comfortable travel plan.
1 Congestion prediction
(1) Trend of traffic congestion
Out-bound direction August 12 (Thursday) to 14 (Saturday), In-bound is expected to face traffic jam on August 14 (Saturday) to 16 days (month) is concentrated. In addition, it is predicted that a large amount of traffic congestion will occur on the 7th (Sat) to 8th (Sun).
In addition, if distributed use is not sufficiently planned, it is expected that more congestion will occur, so please use the traffic congestion forecast and the latest road traffic information well and cooperate with distributed use.
- Gaikan Expressway, the direction toward Misato Minami IC is "outer direction" and the direction toward Oizumi JCT is "inward direction".
(2) Prediction of particularly long traffic congestion (highest in traffic congestion prediction length by direction)
| Person surface | peak of time time ・ Day of the week | Road name | Top of traffic jam (location) | Time zone | peak Times of Day | peak of time Congestion length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under Ri Person surface | 8/7 soil | Tomei Expressway | Yoshida IC near | Shizuoka Prefecture Haibara-gun Yoshida Town | 7：00 ～ 14：00 | 10 o'clock | 40km |
| 8/7 soil | Center The motorway | Sagamiko IC near | Kanagawa Prefecture Sagamihara City (Sagami Harashi) | 5：00 ～ 12：00 | Six o'clock | 40km | |
| 8/13 Money | Tohoku The motorway | Kamikawachi Near SA | Tochigi Prefecture Utsunomiya City (Depression only) | The day before 22:00 ~ 14:00 | Six o'clock | 35km | |
| 8/13 Money | Kanetsu The motorway | Hanazono IC near | Saitama Fukaya City | 5：00 ～ 13：00 | 7 o'clock | 45km | |
| 8/13 Money | Center The motorway | Sagamiko IC near | Kanagawa Prefecture Sagamihara City (Sagami Harashi) | 4：00 ～ 14：00 | 7 o'clock | 40km | |
| 8/14 soil | Center The motorway | Sagamiko IC near | Kanagawa Prefecture Sagamihara City (Sagami Harashi) | 5：00 ～ 13：00 | 7 o'clock | 40km | |
| Up Ri Person surface | 8/8 Day | Tomei Expressway | Yamato TN near | Kanagawa Prefecture Yamato City | 14：00 ～ 0：00 | 17:00 | 35km |
| 8/8 Day | Center The motorway | Kobutoke TN near | Tokyo Hachioji City (Hachioji) | 13:00 ~ 1:00 the next day | 18:00 | 35km | |
| 8/14 soil | Tohoku The motorway | Yaita IC near | Tochigi Prefecture Yaita City | 15:00 ~ 1:00 the next day | 18:00 | 35km | |
| 8/15 Day | Tohoku The motorway | Yaita IC near | Tochigi Prefecture Yaita City | 11:00 ~ 5:00 the following day | 19o'clock | 35km | |
| 8/15 Day | Tokiwa The motorway | Hitachi Central (Hitachi Chuou) Near IC | Ibaraki Prefecture Hitachi City | 13：00 ～ 0：00 | 18:00 | 35km | |
| 8/15 Day | Tomei Expressway | Yamato TN near | Kanagawa Prefecture Yamato City | 14：00 ～ 0：00 | 19o'clock | 35km | |
(3) Comparison of the number of traffic jams with last year's tray (August 6, 2009 (Thursday) to 19th (Wednesday))
(Unit: times)
| Traffic jam scale | (1) 2010 Bon Festival forecast | (2) 2009 Bon Festival results* | Difference ((1)-(2)) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | |
| Number of traffic jams over 10km | 91 | 142 | 233 | 82 | 138 | 220 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 10 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 26 | -3 | 2 | -1 |
- The 2009 Bon Festival results include the effects of accidents and other events.
For a list of major traffic jams (peak traffic length of 10km or more) on Expressway in the Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture, Attachment-1 [PDF: 72KB] Please refer to.
[Please note] Expressway toll discounts during the Obon season
During the Bon Festival this year, the ETC holiday special discount will be applied only on Saturdays and Sundays.
(Unlike last year, we will not Large the application to weekdays.)
2 How to obtain road traffic information
For information on how to obtain real-time road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction information, please see Attachment-2 [PDF:44KB].
3 Major rest facilities where congestion is expected
During the Obon season, congestion is expected at rest facilities such as service areas due to the increase in traffic. (Attachment-3, 4 [PDF:124KB]) Avoid congestion and take an early break.
4 Customer service initiatives (congestion measures)
Since it is expected to be as crowded as the Bon Festival last year, we will work to strengthen our customer services such as measures to alert the rear-end collision at the end of the traffic jam, staff parking lots in the service area, and provision of temporary toilets. (Attachment-5,6 [PDF: 104KB])
5 Plan to secure parking for large vehicles
The rest facilities that are planned to secure large-sized vehicle parking spaces during the Bon Festival are summarized in Attachments 7-9 [PDF: 120KB], so please use them for an efficient driving plan.
~ Requesting customers to drive safely ~
- Please check the car before driving to prevent troubles during driving.
- Please wear your seat belt even in the back seat
- Insert the ETC card securely
- Please use the ETC lane at a slow speed.
- Please be careful of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam
- As for refueling and toilets, take an appropriate break early and drive safely.
- For abnormalities on the road, use the emergency telephone or road emergency dial "# 9910 Please let us know
- In the event of an accident or breakdown, immediately evacuate to a safe place and make a call via emergency telephone etc.
- We are conducting a "free social experiment" on some Expressway
Please use the same way as before even at the toll booth in the experimental section.
~ Requesting our customers to cooperate in alleviating traffic congestion ~
- Utilize traffic congestion prediction information and avoid peak usage
- In-bound as well as attention to the slowdown in the hill, take the vehicle-to-vehicle distance to enough, the Your use of the driving lane except when overtaking
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