Expressway traffic conditions during the Golden Week period (within Niigata Prefecture) (preliminary report)
12 days from Friday, April 25, 2014 to Tuesday, May 6, 2014
(2013 comparison period: Thursday, April 25, 2013 to Monday, May 6, 2013, 12 days)
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- Expressway traffic conditions during the Golden Week period (within Niigata Prefecture) (preliminary report)
May 7, 2014
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]
- The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the main sections, About 7% decrease Did.
- The number of times of traffic over 5km 5 times, 5 times less than the previous year Did.
- The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was Joshinetsu Expressway (Out-bound line) Joetsutakada IC-Nakago IC "11.1km" due to traffic concentration that occurred on Saturday, May 3 was.
Main section during one period *1 Average daily traffic volume *2 (vehicles/day)
| Road name | section | 2014 (1) | 2013 (2) | Year-on-year (1)/(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokuriku Expressway | Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC | 50,800 | 53,000 | 96％ |
| Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC | 24,700 | 26,300 | 94％ | |
| Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC | 22,300 | 24,200 | 92％ | |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC | 25,000 | 26,400 | 95％ |
| Minakami IC to Yuzawa IC | 26,900 | 28,800 | 93％ | |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Niitsu Nishi Smart IC-Niigata Central JCT | 12,700 | 13,700 | 93％ |
| Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC | 13,100 | 14,300 | 92％ | |
| Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT | 17,300 | 19,100 | 91％ |
| Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC | 20,000 | 21,800 | 92％ | |
| Tohoku Expressway | Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC | 12,200 | 12,900 | 95％ |
| Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections | 22,500 | 24,100 | 93％ | |
"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】2014 And array of days of the week of 2013 Golden Week
2 congestion
2014 Traffic congestion during the Golden Week period (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): 5 times in total
| Vertical line | Road name | Date and time of traffic jam | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, May 3 8:15 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 11.1km | Traffic concentration |
| 2 | Up | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, May 3 9:57 | Between Nakago IC and (Hokuriku Expressway) Joetsu IC | 10.8km | Traffic concentration |
| 3 | under | Hokuriku Expressway | Saturday, May 3 9:41 | Between Makigata East IC and Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC | 7.0km | accident |
| 4 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Sunday, May 4 16:13 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 5.5km | Traffic concentration |
| 5 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Sunday, May 4 16:13 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 5.1km | Traffic concentration |
*4 and 5 are two traffic jams that occurred at the same time, starting at different points.
【reference】
Occurrence of traffic congestion during the 2013 Golden Week period (maximum traffic length of 5 km 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 | In the opposite lane Traffic jam due to accident |
| 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 |
3 Reference materials (attached sheet)
- Reference 1: Number of exits at major interchanges [PDF: 47KB]
- Reference Material 2: Traffic volume (map version) of major sections [PDF: 139KB]
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