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Congestion prediction and countermeasures
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- Congestion prediction and countermeasures for Expressway Golden Week (GW)
March 27, 2015
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
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. Tokyo Regional Head Office, Hachioji Regional Head Office, GW [April 25, 2015 (Saturday)-May 6, 2015 (Wednesday) 12 days] Kanto We would like to inform you that we have summarized the trends and countermeasures for traffic congestion (10 km or more) due to traffic concentration predicted to occur on Expressway Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture (including Tomei Toyokawa IC in Aichi prefecture).
Please refer to this traffic jam forecast to avoid peak traffic jams and adjust your departure times to help plan your trip. Although the forecast is made based on past GW traffic congestion and recent traffic conditions, the actual traffic congestion may differ from the forecast due to accidents, weather conditions, etc. Please check the traffic information in.
In addition, each Expressway company provides traffic congestion forecast information and road traffic information with various tools. Please use it when using the Expressway.
1 Congestion prediction
(1) Trend of traffic congestion
The peak of Out-bound line is from May 2 (Sat) to May 4 (Mon), and the peak of In-bound line is from May 3 (Sun) to May 5 (Tue). I expect to concentrate.
We hope that you can shorten your travel time by using the traffic congestion prediction and avoiding traffic congestion peaks. Thank you for your cooperation.
- 1: Regarding the number of traffic jams expected on the Gaikan Expressway, "outer direction" toward Misato Minami IC, "inward direction" toward Oizumi JCT, and "outer direction" toward Okegawa Kitamoto IC on the Ken-o Expressway Direction” and “inward direction” toward the Chigasaki JCT.
- 2: The expected number of traffic jams on the Kita-Kanto Expressway is "Eastbound" towards Mito Minami IC and "Westbound" towards Takasaki JCT.
(2) Prediction of particularly long congestion (40 km or more)
| Direction | 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 | May 2nd (Sat) | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near the Hanazono IC | Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture | 5：00 ～ 13：00 | 8 o'clock | 45km |
| ChuoExpressway | Near Fujino PA | Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture | 5：00 ～ 18：00 | Six o'clock | 45km | ||
| May 3 (Sun) | Joban Expressway | Near Tsuchiura Kita IC | Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture | 6：00 ～ 14：00 | 10 o'clock | 40km | |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near the Hanazono IC | Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture | 5：00 ～ 14：00 | 8 o'clock | 50km | ||
| ChuoExpressway | Near Sagamiko IC | Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture | 5：00 ～ 13：00 | Six o'clock | 45km | ||
| Up | May 2nd (Sat) | Tomei Expressway | Near Toyokawa IC | Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture | 23:00 the day before ~ 16:00 | 8 o'clock | 40km |
| May 4 (Mon) | Tohoku Expressway | Near Kamikawachi SA | Kamikawachi Town, Kawachi Gun, Tochigi Prefecture | 14:00 ~ 1:00 the next day | 18:00 | 45km | |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near Takasaka SA | Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture | 14:00 ~ 1:00 the next day | 19o'clock | 40km | ||
| May 5 (Tue) | Tohoku Expressway | Near Kamikawachi SA | Kamikawachi Town, Kawachi Gun, Tochigi Prefecture | 11:00 ~ 0:00 the next day | 16:00 | 40km | |
| Tomei Expressway | Near Yamato Tunnel | Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture | 10:00 ~ 0:00 the next day | 16:00 | 40km | ||
For a list of major congestions (peak congestion length of 10km or more) on Expressway Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture (including Tomei Toyokawa IC in Aichi prefecture) Attachment-1 [PDF:135KB] Please refer to.
(3) Comparison of the number of traffic jams with last year's GW (April 25, 2014 (Friday) to May 6, 2014 (Tuesday))
The unit of the numerical value in the table is "times"
| Traffic jam scale | (1) 2015 GW forecast | (2) 2014 GW 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 | 57 | 90 | 147 | 43 | 72 | 115 | +14 | +18 | +32 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 12 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 21 | +0 | +3 | +3 |
* Including the impact of accidents.
2 How to obtain road traffic information
For how to obtain real-time road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction information, Attachment-2 [PDF:152KB] Please see.
3 Customer Service Initiatives (Countermeasures against congestion)
We will work to strengthen our customer services, including measures to alert people to the rear end of a traffic jam, staff parking lots in the service area, install temporary toilets, and secure parking for large vehicles.
[Countermeasure example]
~ Requesting customers to drive safely ~
- Incidents of people being hit by Expressway are increasing rapidly
If you have to go out of the car due to an accident or breakdown, signal the car behind you with a hazard or triangular plate, evacuate to a safe place, and call the emergency phone etc. - Driving for a long time causes an accident
If you feel drowsiness or tiredness while driving, please do not overdo it and take an early break. - Please check the car before driving to prevent troubles during driving.
- Please wear all seat belts, including the back seats
- Insert the ETC card securely
- Enter the ETC lane after decelerating to 20km / h or less, and drive slowly inside the ETC lane.
- Please be careful of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam
- For fuel and toilet, take an appropriate break as soon as possible and keep in mind to drive safely.
- Please inform us of any abnormalities on the road by using the emergency telephone or road emergency dial "# 9910".
~ Requesting our customers to cooperate in alleviating traffic congestion ~
- Please use the traffic congestion prediction information and avoid peak times.
- In-bound as well as attention to the slowdown in the hill, take the vehicle-to-vehicle distance to enough, except when overtaking Please use the driving lane
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