Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (Niigata version) (preliminary report)

2019, December 27 (Fri) -2020, January 5 (Sun) 10 days
(FY2018 comparison period: Thursday, December 27, 2018 to 2019 Saturday, January 5, 10 days)

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January 6, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) has summarized the traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year holidays.

<< Outline of traffic situation >>
  1. The average daily traffic volume of the main sections is year-on-year, due to the fact that there was a tendency for mild snow in the mild winter and the daily line-up of up to 9 consecutive holidays. About 8% increase Did.
  2. The peak traffic volume during the period is Out-bound line is Sunday, December 29, and the In-bound line is January 3 (Friday) have become.
  3. The number of traffic jams over 5km Did not occur (Once last year).
    In addition, traffic congestion (cause: accident) of about 1 km occurred twice.
  1. Average daily traffic on major sections during the year-end and New Year period
  2. Main traffic congestion
  3. Reference material (attached sheet)

Major sections during the year-end and New Year period * 1 Average daily traffic * 2 (Unit / day)

Road name section FY2019
A
FY2018
B
Year-on-year
A / B
E8Hokuriku Expressway Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC 33,200 32,300 103%
Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC 14,900 13,400 111%
Familiar IC ~ Itoigawa IC 14,800 12,400 119%
E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Ojiya IC-Nagaoka Minamikoshi Road SIC 16,800 15,800 106%
Minakami IC ~ Yuzawa IC 22,200 22,900 97%
E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway Niitsu Nishi SIC-Niigata Central JCT 7,100 6,700 106%
Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC 6,800 6,000 113%
E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway Joetsutakada IC ~ Joetsu JCT 11,000 9,000 122%
Shinanomachi IC ~ Myoko Kogen IC 13,400 11,400 118%
E7 Tohoku Expressway Nakajo IC ~ Arakawa womb IC 7,600 7,000 109%
Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections 14,800 13,700 108%
"IC: Interchange", "SIC: Smart Interchange", "JCT: Junction"
  • 1: Interchange section near the prefectural border and near major cities
  • 2: Traffic volume is approximate by traffic counter (all models)

"reference" 2019 degree And weekday array for the year-end and New Year period of 2018

R year 12/27
(FRI)
12/28
(SAT)
12/29
(SUN)
12/30
(MON)
12/31
(TUE)
1/1
(WED)
1/2
(THU)
1/3
(FRI)
1/4
(SAT)
1/5
(SUN)
H30 year 12/27
(THU)
12/28
(FRI)
12/29
(SAT)
12/30
(SUN)
12/31
(MON)
1/1
(TUE)
1/2
(WED)
1/3
(THU)
1/4
(FRI)
1/5
(SAT)

2 Main traffic congestion points

2019 degree

Road name / direction Date and time of traffic jam Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
E8Hokuriku Expressway (below) Wednesday, January 1, 15:10 Niigata West-Sanjo Tsubame 1.0km accident
E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (below) Sunday, January 5 17:10 Joetsutakada-Arai SIC 1.0km accident

"reference"
Congestion occurrence situation during the year-end and New Year holidays in 2018 (maximum congestion length 5 km or more): Occurs once in total

Road name / direction Date and time of traffic jam Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
E17Kan-Etsu Expressway (below) Sunday, December 30 11:40 Yuzawa-Tsukiyono 7.1km Broken car

3 Reference materials (attached sheet)

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