Expressway traffic during Golden Week (Niigata Prefecture) (preliminary report)

11 days from Friday, April 26, 2013 to Monday, May 6, 2013
(2012 comparison period: April 26, 2012 (Thursday) to May 6, 2012 (Sunday) 11 days)

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May 7, 2013
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata branch (Niigata city Chuo Ward) organized the traffic situation during the Golden Week period.

[Summary of traffic conditions]

  1. The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the main sections, About 1% increase Did.
  2. The number of times of traffic over 5km 10 times, increased 5 times from the previous year Did.
  3. The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was "13.8km" due to the accident that occurred on May 3 (Friday) at Hokuriku Road (Out-bound line) Sanjo Tsubame IC-Nishiyama IC was.

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

Road name section 2013
(1)
2012 fiscal year
(2)
Year-on-year
(1)/(2)
Hokuriku Expressway Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC 53,900 52,900 102%
Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC 27,000 27,200 99%
Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC 25,300 24,700 102%
Kan-Etsu Expressway Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC 27,300 26,800 102%
Minakami IC to Yuzawa IC 30,100 28,800 105%
Ban-Etsu Expressway Niitsu Nishi Smart IC-Niigata Central JCT 14,200 14,800 96%
Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC 14,900 15,400 97%
Joshin-Etsu Expressway Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT 20,000 19,700 102%
Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC 22,900 22,700 101%
Tohoku Expressway Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC 13,300 12,800 104%
Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections 24,900 24,600 101%

"IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"

*1: Interchange section near the prefectural border and near major cities
*2: Traffic volume is based on traffic volume measuring equipment and may have some mechanical errors.

【reference】2013 And the weekday array for the 2012 Golden Week period

Image of day arrangement of Golden Week period of 2013 and 2012

2 congestion

2013 Occurrence of traffic jam during Golden Week (maximum traffic length of 5km or more): 10 times in total
The table below shows the worst 5th

  Vertical line Road name Date and time of traffic jam Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
1 under Hokuriku Expressway Friday, May 3 10:36 Between Sanjo Tsubame IC and Nishiyama IC 13.8km accident
2 Up Hokuriku Expressway Friday, May 3 10:24 Between Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC and Sanjo Tsubame IC 13.7km Traffic jam due to accident in the opposite lane
3 under Joshin-Etsu Expressway May 5 (Sun) 15:02 Between Joetsutakada IC and Myokokogen IC 12.4km Traffic concentration
4 under Joshin-Etsu Expressway Friday, May 3 8:53 Between Joetsutakada IC and Myokokogen IC 11.9km Traffic concentration
5 under Joshin-Etsu Expressway Saturday, May 4 14:47 Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC 10.8km Traffic concentration

【reference】
Traffic congestion during the Golden Week period of 2012 (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): 5 times in total

worst Vertical line Road name Date and time of traffic jam Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
1 under Kan-Etsu Expressway Thursday, May 3 1:41 Between Yuzawa IC and Minakami IC 8.3km accident
2※ under Ban-Etsu Expressway Friday, May 4 9:18 From Niigata Chuo IC to (Hokuriku Expressway) Makigata East IC 7.6km Traffic concentration
3 under Joshin-Etsu Expressway Saturday, May 5 16:12 Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC 7.2km Traffic concentration
4 Up Joshin-Etsu Expressway Saturday, May 5 9:54 Between Nakago IC and Joetsu JCT 5.9km Traffic concentration
5 under Kan-Etsu Expressway Thursday, May 3 3:44 Between Yuzawa IC and Minakami IC 5.0km accident

※ worst 2 Ban-Etsu Expressway congestion of the general road side of Niigata center IC exit of Hokuriku road Out-bound which was stretched to the line

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