Concerning Expressway congestion and measures during the year-end and New Year period [Metropolitan area version]
-Please cooperate in distributed use to alleviate traffic congestion-
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- Concerning Expressway congestion and measures during the year-end and New Year period [Metropolitan area version]
November 25, 2016
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. (hereinafter NEXCO EAST) Kanto Regional Head Office and Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. (hereinafter NEXCO CENTRAL) Tokyo Regional Head Office and Hachioji Regional Head Office are Year-end and New Year period [8 days from Wednesday, December 28, 2016 to Wednesday, January 4, 2017] We would like to inform you that we have summarized the trends and countermeasures for traffic congestion (10 km or more) that is expected to occur on Expressway in the Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture.
Please use this traffic forecast to avoid peak traffic and adjust your departure time to help plan your trip. This forecast is based on past traffic jams during the year-end and New Year period and recent traffic conditions, but actual traffic conditions may differ from the forecast due to accidents, weather, etc. Please check the latest traffic information.
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
Out-bound direction is expected to cause heavy traffic congestion on December 30th (Friday) and January 2nd (Monday), and In-bound direction to January 2nd (Monday) and 3rd (Tuesday) doing.
By using the traffic congestion prediction and avoiding traffic congestion peaks, we hope that you can reduce traffic congestion and shorten travel time.
- 1: Regarding the number of traffic jams predicted on the Gaikan Expressway, "outer direction" towards Misato Minami IC, "inward direction" toward Oizumi JCT, and the clockwise direction to the Sakai Furukawa IC on the Ken-o Expressway The direction is the "outer direction" and the counterclockwise direction toward the Chigasaki JCT is the "inward direction".
(2) Prediction of particularly long congestion (40 km or more)
| Person surface | Peak month/day/weekday | Road name | Top of traffic jam (location) | Time zone | peak Times of Day | peak of time Congestion length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up | January/February | Tohoku Expressway | Near Kazo IC | Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture | 15：00～22：00 | 17:00 | 40km |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Near Takasaka SA | Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture | 13：00～23：00 | 17:00 | 45km | ||
| Tomei Expressway | Near Yamato TN | Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture | 9:00 to 2:00 the next day | 16:00 | 55km | ||
| 1/3 fire | Tomei Expressway | Near Yamato TN | Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture | 9:00 to 0:00 the following day | 14:00 | 45km | |
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: 252KB] Please refer to.
(3) Comparison of the number of traffic jams with the year-end and New Year period of last year (Monday, December 28, 2015 to Monday, January 4, 2016)
| Traffic jam scale | (1) 2016 forecast | (2) 2015 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 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 18 | 48 | 66 | -2 | -12 | -14 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The unit of the numerical value in the table is "times"
*The results for last year include 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: 283KB] 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 are forced to get out of the car due to an accident or breakdown, signal the vehicle behind you with a hazard, a smoke tube, or a triangular stop display board, and then 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.
- There are many accidents involving motorcycles
Make sure you understand the traffic and weather conditions, keep a sufficient distance between vehicles, and drive at a safe speed.
Please do not overtake a vehicle during a traffic jam as it is dangerous. - 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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