Expressway traffic during Golden Week
(Niigata Prefecture) (breaking news)
10 days from April 28 (Fri),2017 - May 7 (Sun), 2017
(Comparison period of FY2016：10 days from April (Fri), 2016 - May 8 (Sun), 2016)
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- Expressway traffic conditions during the Golden Week period (within Niigata Prefecture) (preliminary report)
May 8, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata office
NEXCO EAST Niigata branch (Niigata city Chuo Ward) organized the traffic situation during the Golden Week period.
[Summary of traffic conditions]
- Average daily traffic volume on major sections increased by approximately 7% year-on-year.
- Traffic volume of the peak in the period, Out-bound line May 3 days (water), In-bound became a line May 5 (Friday).
- The number of times of traffic over 5km 8 times, 2 times increase from the previous year Did.
- The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was E8 Hokuriku Road (Out-bound line) Makigata East IC-Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC "18.2km" caused by the accident that occurred on Wednesday, May 3 was.
Main section during one period *1 Average daily traffic volume *2 (vehicles/day)
| Road name | section | 2017 A |
2016 B |
Year-on-year A / B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E8 Hokuriku Road | Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC | 52,200 | 49,300 | 106％ |
| Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC | 26,900 | 25,200 | 107％ | |
| Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC | 25,800 | 24,000 | 108％ | |
| E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway | Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC | 27,100 | 25,500 | 106％ |
| Minakami IC to Yuzawa IC | 30,700 | 28,100 | 109％ | |
| E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway | Niitsu Nishi Smart IC-Niigata Central JCT | 14,000 | 12,100 | 116％ |
| Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC | 14,000 | 13,400 | 104％ | |
| E18 Joshinetsu Road | Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT | 19,800 | 18,700 | 106％ |
| Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC | 22,700 | 21,400 | 106％ | |
| E7_Nihonkai Tohoku Expressway | Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC | 13,300 | 12,900 | 103％ |
| Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections | 24,700 | 23,100 | 107％ | |
"IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"
* 1: Interchange section near the prefectural border and near major cities
* 2: Traffic figures are approximate figures from traffic counters (all vehicle models)
【reference】FY2017 And the weekday array for the Golden Week period of FY2016
2 Main traffic congestion points
FY2017 Occurrence of traffic jam during Golden Week (maximum traffic length of 5km or more): 8 times in total
| worst | Road name / upper / lower line | Date and time of traffic jam | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E8 Hokuriku Road (below) | May 3 (Wed) 9: 57 | Between Makigata East IC and Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC | 18.2km | accident |
| 2 | E8 Hokuriku Road (above) | Wednesday, May 3 9:53 | Between Sanjo Tsubame IC and Niigata West IC | 16.6km | Accident-related traffic jam |
| 3 | E18 Joshinetsu Road (below) | May 3 (Wed) 12: 21 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 7.6km | Traffic concentration |
| 4 | E18 Joshinetsu Road (below) | Friday, May 5 17:23 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 7.5km | Traffic concentration |
| 5 | E18 Joshinetsu Road (below) | Wednesday, May 3 9:23 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Myokokogen IC | 6.0km | accident |
| 6 | E18 Joshinetsu Road (above) | May 3 (Wed) 9: 07 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Joetsu JCT | 5.9km | accident |
| 7 | E18 Joshinetsu Road (below) | May 4 (Thu) 18:21 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 5.8km | Traffic concentration |
| 8 | E8 Hokuriku Road (below) | May 3 (Wed) 13: 04 | Between Sanjo Tsubame IC and Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC | 5.3km | accident |
【reference】
FY2016 Traffic congestion during the Golden Week period (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): 6 times in total
| worst | Road name / upper / lower line | Date and time of traffic jam | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E8 Hokuriku Road (below) | Tuesday, May 3 10:24 | Between Makigata East IC and Nagaoka JCT | 18.5km | accident |
| 2 | E18 Joshinetsu Road (top) ⇒ E8 Hokuriku Road (bottom) | Tuesday, May 3 9:11 | Between Nakago IC and Meitachi Tanihama IC | 13.2km | Traffic concentration |
| 3 | E8 Hokuriku Road (above) | Tuesday, May 3 10:13 | Between Sanjo Tsubame IC and Niigata West IC | 10.7km | accident |
| 4 | E7 Nitto Expressway (below) | Tuesday, May 3 9:23 | Between Nakajo IC and Seiro Shibata IC | 10.1km | accident |
| 5 | E8 Hokuriku Road (above) | Tue, May 3 12:56 | Between Sanjo Tsubame IC and Niigata West IC | 6.8km | accident |
| 6 | E18 Joshinetsu Road (below) | Thursday, May 5 17:27 | Between Joetsutakada IC and Nakago IC | 5.5km | Traffic concentration |
3 Reference materials (attached sheet)
- Reference Material 1: Average daily traffic volume of major sections (by section) [PDF: 141KB]
- Reference Material 2: Average daily traffic volume of the main sections (average of all sections) [PDF: 96KB]
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