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

December 26, 2013 (Thursday) to January 5, 2014 (Sunday) 11 days
(2012 comparison period: December 26, 2012 (Wednesday) to January 5, 2013 (Saturday), 11 days)

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

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January 6, 2014
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) has 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 7% increase Did.
The number of times of traffic over 5km It was 0 times and decreased once compared to the previous year Did.
The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was Joshin-etsu Expressway (Out-bound line) Myoko Kogen IC-Shinanomachi IC "4.9km" due to traffic accident suspension on January 4th (Sat) was.

Major sections during one period ^1 Average daily traffic ^2 (Unit/day)

Road name	section	H25 A	H24 B	Year-on-year A/B
Hokuriku Expressway	Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC	36,100	34,000	106％
	Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC	15,200	14,000	109％
	Asahi IC-Clairless IC	13,900	12,900	108％
Kan-Etsu Expressway	Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC	17,400	16,000	109％
Kan-Etsu Expressway	Minakami IC - Yuzawa IC	23,200	22,200	105％
Ban-Etsu Expressway	Niitsu IC-Niigata Central JCT	7,500	8,000	94％
Ban-Etsu Expressway	Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC	7,100	6,800	104％
Joshin-Etsu Expressway	Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT	10,600	9,500	112％
Joshin-Etsu Expressway	Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC	13,400	12,300	109％
Tohoku Expressway	Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC	8,200	7,600	108％
Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections		15,300	14,300	107％

"IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"

1: Interchange section near the prefectural border and major cities
2: The traffic volume is due to the traffic volume measuring device, and there is some mechanical error.

[Reference] Day arrangement for the year-end and New Year holidays of 2013 and 2012

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2 congestion

Traffic congestion during the year-end and New Year period of 2013 (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): None

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Congestion occurrence during the year-end and New Year period of 2012 (maximum congestion length of 5 km or more): 1 occurrence

	Vertical line	Road name	Date and time of traffic jam	Traffic jam location	Congestion length	Congestion factors
1	In-bound line	Hokuriku Expressway	Wednesday, December 26 7:32	Between Nagaoka JCT and Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC	6.3㎞	Traffic accident

3 Reference materials (attached sheet)

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