Traffic conditions on Expressway in Niigata during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [Niigata version]

December 22, 2011 (Thursday)-January 4, 2012 (Wednesday) 14 days
(2010 comparison period: December 22, 2010 (Wednesday) to January 4, 2011 (Tuesday) 14 days)

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January 5, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Nishi-ku, Niigata City) summarized the traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year holidays.

Traffic overview

  • The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the main sections, About 2% decrease Did.
  • The number of times of traffic over 5km 2 times, 1 increase from the previous year Did.
  • The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was "5.4km" caused by a traffic accident that occurred on December 26th (Monday) at Hokuriku Expressway (In-bound) Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC was.

Main sections during one period *1 Average daily traffic volume *2 (vehicles/day)

Road namesectionH23
A
H22
B
Year-on-year
A/B
Hokuriku ExpresswayMakigata East IC-Niigata West IC35,40036,00098%
Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC14,40015,00096%
Asahi IC-Clairless IC12,60012,200103%
Kan-Etsu Expressway Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC 15,900 16,200 98%
Minakami IC ~ Yuzawa IC 19,900 19,100 104%
Ban-Etsu Expressway Niitsu IC-Niigata Central JCT 9,700 7,400 131%
Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC 8,400 6,500 129%
Joshin-Etsu Expressway Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT 9,100 9,800 93%
Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC12,00012,30098%
Tohoku ExpresswayNakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC8,60014,30060%
Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections14,60014,90098%
  • 1: Interchange section near the prefectural border and major cities.
  • 2: The traffic volume is due to the traffic volume measuring device, and there are some mechanical errors.
  • 3: "IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"

[Reference] Day arrangement for the year-end and New Year holidays of 2011 and 2010

Image images of the year-end and New Year holiday arrangements for 2011 and 2010

2 congestion

Congestion occurrence during the year-end and New Year period of 2011 (maximum congestion length of 5 km or more): Occurred twice

worst Vertical line Road name Date and time of traffic jam Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
1 In-bound line Hokuriku Expressway December 26 (Monday) 9:27 Between Makigata East IC and Niigata West IC 5.4km Traffic accident
2 In-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Wednesday, January 4, 17:50 Between Minakami IC and Yuzawa IC 5.0km Broken car

【reference】
Congestion occurrence during the year-end and New Year holidays of 2010 (maximum congestion length of 5 km or more): 1 occurrence

worst Vertical line Road name Date and time of traffic jam Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
1 In-bound line Nitto Expressway Monday, January 3 11:05 Between Seiro Shibata IC and Nakajo IC 7.0km Traffic concentration

3 Reference materials (attached sheet)

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