Expressway traffic during the Bon Festival (in Niigata Prefecture) (flash report)
2019, August 8 (Thursday) -2019, August 18 (Sunday) 11 days
(FY2018 comparison period: Thursday, August 9, 2018 to Sunday, August 19, 2018, 11 days)
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- Expressway traffic during the Bon Festival (in Niigata Prefecture) (flash report)
August 19, 2019
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.
<< Outline of traffic situation >>
- Average daily traffic on major sections increased by 1% year-on-year.
- Traffic volume of the peak in the period, Out-bound line August 11 (Sunday), In-bound became a line August 14 (Wednesday).
- The number of traffic jams over 5 km was 5, which decreased by 2 times from the previous year.
- The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was E8Hokuriku Road (Out-bound line) Sanjo Tsubame IC-Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC "8.5km" due to the accident that occurred on Sunday, August 11th was.
1 Major sections during the Bon Festival * 1 Average daily traffic * 2 (Unit / day)
| Road name | section | Reiwa First year A |
Heisei 30 years B |
Year-on-year A / B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E8Hokuriku Expressway | Niigata West IC-Makigata East IC | 55,200 | 56,200 | 98％ |
| Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC | 28,200 | 28,400 | 99％ | |
| Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC | 26,900 | 26,900 | 100％ | |
| E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC | 32,500 | 32,700 | 99％ |
| Mizukami IC to Yuzawa IC | 35,400 | 35,100 | 101％ | |
| E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway | Niitsu Nishi Smart IC-Niigata Central JCT | 13,400 | 13,600 | 99％ |
| Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC | 13,000 | 12,900 | 101％ | |
| E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT | 23,500 | 22,100 | 106％ |
| Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC | 26,100 | 25,500 | 102％ | |
| E7 Tohoku Expressway | Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC | 15,700 | 14,600 | 108％ |
| Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections | 27,000 | 26,800 | 101％ | |
"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" 2019 degree And arrangement of days of the week of 2018
2 Main traffic congestion points
2019 degree Traffic congestion during the Obon period (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): 5 times in total
| worst | Road name / direction | Congestion days / peak hours | Traffic jam location | Peak traffic congestion | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E8Hokuriku Expressway (below) | Sunday, August 11th, 11:46 | Sanjo Tsubame-Nakanoshima Mitsuke | 8.5km | accident |
| 2 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Sunday, August 11 10:00 | Myoko Kogen ~ Toyota Iiyama | 7.9km | Traffic concentration |
| 3 | E8Hokuriku Expressway (below) | Monday, August 12 12:16 | Niigata West-Sanjo Tsubame | 6.6km | accident |
| 4 | E8 Hokuriku Expressway (above) | Wednesday, August 14th, 11:44 | Nakanoshima Mitsuke-Sanjo Tsubame | 6.3km | Traffic concentration |
| 5 | E8 Hokuriku Expressway (above) | Thursday, August 8 18:44 | Tsubame Sanjo-Niigata West | 5.2km | Broken car |
【reference】
2018 Occurrence of traffic congestion during the Obon period (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): 7 times in total
| worst | Road name / direction | Congestion days / peak hours | Traffic jam location | Peak traffic congestion | Congestion factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E8 Hokuriku Expressway (above) | Tuesday, August 14th, 11:36 | Nakanoshima Mitsuke-Sanjo Tsubame | 14.5km | Traffic concentration |
| 2 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | August 12 (Sun) 11:51 | Joetsutakada-Myoko Kogen | 11.2km | Traffic concentration |
| 3 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Saturday, August 11th, 8:10 | Myoko Kogen ~ Toyota Iiyama | 10.9km | Traffic concentration |
| 4 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (above) | Tuesday, August 14th, 17:10 | Myoko Kogen-Nakago | 7.0km | Traffic concentration |
| 5 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Sunday, August 12 9:40 | Myoko Kogen ~ Toyota Iiyama | 6.5km | Traffic concentration |
| 6 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) | Saturday, August 11th, 10:37 | Joetsutakada-Nakago | 6.0km | Traffic concentration |
| 7 | E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (above) | Wednesday, August 15th, 17:20 | Myoko Kogen-Nakago | 5.0km | Traffic concentration |
3 Reference materials (attached sheet)
- Reference material 1: Average daily traffic volume (map version) of major sections [PDF: 120KB]
- Reference Material 2: Daily average traffic volume graph for the main sections (10 section average) [PDF: 112KB]
- Reference Material 3: Traffic conditions during the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival [PDF: 75KB]
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