Expressway traffic during the Obon period (in Niigata Prefecture)
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11 days from Thursday, August 6, 2015 to Sunday, August 16, 2015
(FY2014 comparison period: Thursday, August 7, 2014 to Sunday, August 17, 2014, 11 days)
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- Expressway traffic during the Obon period (Niigata Prefecture) (preliminary report)
August 17, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata branch (Niigata city Chuo Ward) compiled the traffic situation of the Bon Festival period.
[Summary of traffic conditions]
- The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the main sections, About 4% increase Did.
- Traffic volume of Out-bound peak of line August 12 (Wednesday), In-bound peak of the line was August 15 (Saturday).
- The number of times of traffic over 5km 11 times, 2 times increase from the previous year Did.
- The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was Hokuriku Expressway (In-bound) Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC "12.0km" caused by a broken car and traffic concentration that occurred on Saturday, August 15th was.
Major sections during one period *1 Average daily traffic *2 (Unit/day)
| Road name | section | 2015 A | 2014 B | Year-on-year A / B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokuriku Road | Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC | 57,300 | 55,500 | 103％ |
| Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC | 28,400 | 26,900 | 106％ | |
| Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC | 24,900 | 25,100 | 99％ | |
| Kanetsu Expressway | Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC | 33,800 | 32,000 | 106％ |
| Minakami IC to Yuzawa IC | 35,800 | 33,800 | 106％ | |
| Ban overpass | Yasuda IC-Nitsu IC | 13,300 | 13,400 | 99％ |
| Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC | 13,400 | 13,500 | 99％ | |
| Joshinetsu Road | Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT | 22,400 | 21,200 | 106％ |
| Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC | 25,300 | 24,100 | 105％ | |
| Tohoku Expressway | Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC | 15,200 | 14,700 | 103％ |
| Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections | 27,000 | 26,000 | 104％ | |
"IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"
- 1: Interchange section near the prefectural border and near major cities
- 2: The traffic volume is due to the traffic volume measuring device, and there is some mechanical error.
【reference】2015 And array of days of the week for the Bon Festival in 2014
![[Reference] Image image of the day arrangement for the Bon festival period of 2015 and 2014](/rest/pressroom/press_release/niigata/h27/0817/images/01.jpg)
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2015 Traffic congestion during the Obon period (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): 11 times in totalThe table below shows the worst 5th
| worst | Vertical line | Road name | Date and time of traffic jam | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up | Hokuriku Expressway | Saturday, August 15 10:20 | Between Makigata East IC and Niigata West IC | 12.0km | Broken car and Traffic concentration |
| 2 | Up | Hokuriku Expressway | Saturday, August 15 13:33 | Between Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC and Makigata East IC | 9.6km | Accident and Traffic concentration |
| 3 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, August 8 9:36 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 7.9km | Traffic concentration |
| 4 | under | Hokuriku Expressway | Saturday, August 15 12:14 | Between Makigata East IC and Sanjo Tsubame IC | 7.7km | Accident and Traffic concentration |
| 5 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Sunday, August 9 9:19 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 7.0km | Traffic concentration |
| Up | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, August 15 14:13 | Between Nakago IC and Joetsu JCT | 7.0km | Traffic concentration |
【reference】
Traffic congestion during the Obon period in 2014 (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): 9 times in total
The table below shows the worst 5th
| worst | Vertical line | Road name | Date and time of traffic jam | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | under | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Wednesday, August 13 10:56 | Between Koide IC and Muikamachi IC | 9.5km | Traffic concentration after cancellation of accident suspension |
| 2 | Up | Hokuriku Expressway | Saturday, August 16 11:44 | Between Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC and Sanjo Tsubame IC | 9.1km | Traffic concentration |
| 3 | under | Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Wednesday, August 13 9:58 | Between Myoko Kogen IC and Toyota Iiyama IC | 8.4km | Accident suspension |
| 4 | Up | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Friday, August 15 11:13 | Between Minakami IC and Yuzawa IC | 7.5km | Broken car and traffic concentration |
| 5 | under | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Wednesday, August 13th 8:27 | Between Muikamachi IC and Shiozawa Ishiuchi IC | 6.9km | Accident suspension |
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