New attempt to alleviate traffic congestion on the Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway
-Aiming to reduce traffic congestion with the flowing light "Pacemaker Light"-
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- New attempt to alleviate traffic congestion on the Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway
April 23, 2013
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo), the Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway (In-bound: in the vicinity of a traffic jam bottle neck of the line Kawasaki direction) Kawasaki floating island junction (JCT) In-bound in the hill, the blue LED light "pacemaker light" We will try traffic congestion countermeasures to prevent slowdowns by using it.
It should be noted, of April 27, Ken-O Road by opening between Togane JCT ~ Kisarazu Higashi Interchange (IC), Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway congestion in the GW, it is expected to increase.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, but we ask for your understanding and cooperation in distributed use while avoiding traffic hours.
1 Outline of measures against traffic congestion with pacemaker lights
Causes of traffic congestion
In-bound congestion in the vicinity of Kawasaki floating island JCT of the line, loose in the aqua tunnel In-bound the steep hill from In-bound has occurred at the point where the gradient changes in slope. Cause of the traffic jam, "In-bound is the rate of decrease in the slope".
Overview of Pacemaker Light and Expected Effects
A traffic jam occurrence location In-bound in the vicinity of slope to blink to advance the light of the blue LED light congestion time zone in the traveling direction. When customers see the blue light flowing, be aware of the "speed reduction" of their own car, and pay attention to the distance between them and the car in front of them to drive the traffic flow. It is a new attempt that hopes to improve and, as a result, alleviate congestion.
Countermeasure position diagram
- "← 4.0%" in the figure above, the gradient 4.0% (100m willing 4m rise gradient) in the direction of the arrow In-bound shows the slope. Part of the "bottleneck" is, to 4.0% from 0.2% In-bound is about to change the gradient, speed decrease is prone locations.
Image of Countermeasures (Example in Tohoku Expressway)
2 Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway (In-bound Line) Traffic Congestion Trend
Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway (In-bound line), traffic is congested on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays between 14:00 and 21:00 due to a car returning from the vacation destination.
We apologize for the inconvenience to our customers, but when using the Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway (In-bound line), we recommend that you avoid traffic congestion, such as shifting the usage time before and after the peak congestion time. please.
The forecast for traffic congestion over 5 km during the GW period is as follows.
