Congestion prediction on Expressway during Golden Week [Metropolitan area version]
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March 29, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office
Central Expressway Co., Ltd. Tokyo Regional Head Office
Central Expressway Co., Ltd. Hachioji Regional Head Office
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East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (hereafter, NEXCO EAST) Kanto Regional Head Office and Central Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (hereafter, NEXCO CENTRAL) Tokyo Regional Head Office /Hachioji Regional Head Office will Expressway in the Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka Prefecture during the Golden Week period [Reiwa 5 10 days from Friday, April 28, 2020 to Sunday, May 7, 2023] Congestion forecast (concentrated traffic congestion of 10 km or more) has been compiled.
This traffic congestion forecast is based on past traffic jam records and recent traffic conditions, but actual traffic conditions may differ from forecasts due to accidents, weather, etc. Therefore, please check the latest traffic information before departure. please confirm.
In addition, each Expressway company provides traffic congestion prediction information and road traffic information through various tools (see Attachment-3 [PDF: 343KB]), including the official website. Please use it when using Expressway.
Please note that holiday discounts are not applied during Golden Week.
Please check the traffic forecast and change the date and time of use to avoid traffic congestion.
Congestion in the Out-bound direction occurs mainly in the morning, especially on May 3 (Wednesday) and May 4 (Thursday),
Congestion on the In-bound direction will occur mainly during the day and night, and it is predicted that there will be frequent traffic congestion especially on May 4th (Thursday) and May 5th (Friday).
For detailed traffic congestion forecasts, please check various tools including the official website of each Expressway company (see Attachment-3 [PDF: 343KB] for details).
1 Congestion prediction
(1) Number of traffic congestion of 10km or more
- : Out-bound includes "outer loop" on the C3 Gaikan Expressway and C4 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road), and "eastbound" on the E50 Kita-Kanto Expressway. For the C3 Gaikan Expressway, the direction (clockwise) toward Takaya JCT is called the “outer loop,” and for the C4 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road), the direction (clockwise) toward the Daiei JCT is called the “outer loop.” I'm doing it. On the E50 Kita-Kanto Expressway, the direction toward Mito Minami IC is "eastbound."
- : In-bound includes "inner loop" on C3 Gaikan Expressway and C4 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road), and "westbound" on E50 Kita-Kita-Kanto Expressway. For the C3 Gaikan Expressway, the direction toward Oizumi JCT (counterclockwise) is called “inner loop”, and for the C4 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road), the direction toward Chigasaki JCT (counterclockwise) is called “inner loop”. ”. On the E50 Kita-Kanto Expressway, the direction heading for Takasaki JCT is "westbound."
(2) Prediction of particularly long congestion (30 km or more)
| Direction | Peak Month, Day and the weekday |
Road name | Top of traffic (location) | Time zone | peak Time |
Peak Congestion length |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| going down | 5/3 water | E4 Tohoku Expressway |
Near Hanyu PA | Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture (Hanyu) |
6：00～15：00 | 9 o'clock | 40km |
| 5/3 water | E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway |
Near Takasaka SA | Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture (Higashishima Matsuyama) |
5：00～16：00 | 9 o'clock | 30km | |
| 5/3 water | E1 Tomei Expressway |
Near Hadano Nakai IC | Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Hadanoshi) |
21:00-18:00 the day before | 7 o'clock | 45km | |
| 5/3 water | E20 Chuo Expressway |
Near Sagamiko IC | Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagamiharashi) |
4：00～17：00 | 5 o'clock | 45km | |
| 5/4 Thursday | E4 Tohoku Expressway |
Near Hanyu PA | Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture (Hanyu) |
6：00～14：00 | 9 o'clock | 35km | |
| 5/4 Thursday | E20 ChuoExpressway |
Near Sagamiko IC | Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagami Harashi) |
5：00～13：00 | Six o'clock | 40km | |
| going up | 5/4 Thursday | E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway |
Near Takasaka SA | Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture (Higashishima Matsuyama) |
15：00～23：00 | 18:00 | 35km |
| 5/5 Friday | E4 Tohoku Expressway |
Near Kazo IC | Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture (Kozoshi) |
14：00～23：00 | 17:00 | 30km | |
| 5/5 Friday | E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway |
Near Takasaka SA | Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture (Higashishima Matsuyama) |
13：00～23：00 | 18:00 | 40km | |
| 5/5 Friday | E1 Tomei Expressway |
Near Ayase SIC | Ayase City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Ayaseshi) |
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. | 15:00 | 50km | |
| 5/5 Friday | E20 ChuoExpressway |
Near Kobotoke TN | Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagami Harashi) |
9:00 to 2:00 the next day | 15:00 | 30km | |
| 5/6 Sat | E1 Tomei Expressway |
Near Ayase SIC | Ayase City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Ayase) |
10:00 to 1:00 the next day | 15:00 | 45km | |
<The underlined part is the maximum traffic congestion length in each direction, In-bound and Out-bound >
For a list of major congestion predictions (peak congestion length of 10 km or more) on Expressway in the Kanto-Koshin region and Shizuoka Prefecture, please see [Attachment-1] [PDF: 273KB].
Also, please see [Attachment-2] [PDF: 423KB] for examples of avoiding particularly long traffic jams.
(3) Comparison of the number of traffic jams with the Golden Week period of 2024 and 2019
A comparison of the number of traffic jams from 2020 (last year) and 2019 (reference before the corona disaster) is as follows. In addition, traffic jams due to accidents etc. are included in the results for 2024 2019.
[Comparison with 2020]
The unit of the numerical value in the table is "times"
| Traffic jam scale | (1) Forecast for 2020 *4 | (2) Results for 2020 *5 | Difference (①-②) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | |
| Number of traffic jams over 10km *3 | 63 | 121 | 184 | 46 | 90 | 136 | 17 | 31 | 48 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | ▲3 | ▲3 | ▲6 |
[Comparison with 2019 (reference)]
The unit of the numerical value in the table is "times"
| Traffic jam scale | (1) Forecast for 2020 *4 | 2019 *6 | Difference (①-②) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | going down | going up | Total | |
| Number of traffic jams over 10km *3 | 63 | 121 | 184 | 99 | 160 | 259 | ▲36 | ▲39 | ▲75 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 40 | ▲20 | ▲8 | ▲28 |
*3 The number of traffic jams of 10km or longer includes the number of traffic jams of 30km or longer.
*4 Forecast for 2023 is based on 10 days from Friday, April 28, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023.
*5 The 2020 results are aggregated for 10 days from April 29, 2020 (Friday) to May 8, 2020 (Sunday).
6 2019 Results are totaled for the 10-day period from 2019 Friday, April 26 to 2019 Sunday, May 5.
2 How to obtain road traffic information
For information on how to obtain real-time road traffic information and congestion prediction information, please see Attachment-3 [PDF: 343KB].
3 Customer service initiatives (countermeasures against congestion)
We will work to strengthen customer services, such as calling attention to rear-end collisions at the end of traffic jams, arranging parking lot control staff at rest facilities, installing temporary toilets, and securing large car parking spaces (See Attachment-4 [PDF: 312KB] for details). reference).
4 Holiday discounts are not applied during Golden Week
During the Golden Week period, in order to avoid intensifying traffic congestion, the holiday discount will not be applied even if you use it from April 29th to 30th and from May 3rd to 7th, which are eligible for the holiday discount.
For details, please refer to the website below.
(NEXCO EAST) Holiday discounts are not applied during Golden Week, Obon, and New Year holidays
https://www.e-nexco.co.jp/pressroom/head_office/2023/0130/00012211.html
(NEXCO CENTRAL) Holiday discounts are not applied during Golden Week, Obon, and New Year holidays.
https://www.c-nexco.co.jp/corporate/pressroom/news_release/5632.html
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