Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year holidays (breaking news)
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January 5, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) has compiled traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period [December 28, 2020 (Wednesday) to January 4, 2020 (Wednesday): 8 days] so I'll let you know.

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  1. The average daily traffic volume of the representative section is compared to 2019 *1 and 78% was.
    (Compared to last year *2 Then 101%)
  2. The traffic volume during the period peaked on Friday, December 30th on the Out-bound line and on Tuesday, January 3rd on the In-bound line.
  3. There were no traffic jams of 5km or more.

[Comparison period]

  1. Saturday, December 28, 2019 to Saturday 2020: 8 days
  2. December 28, 2021 (Tuesday) to January 4, 2020 (Tuesday): 8 days

1. Average daily traffic volume in representative sections *3 (vehicles/day)

Road name section Reiwa 4th year
A
2019 degree
B
Compared to 2019
A / B
Reiwa 3rd year
C
Compared to Reiwa 3rd year
A / C
E8Hokuriku Expressway Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC 10,900 15,200 72% 10,600 103%
E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Mizukami IC to Yuzawa IC 19,000 23,300 82% 18,900 101%
Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 2 sections 15,000 19,300 78% 14,800 101%

"IC: Interchange"
*3 Traffic volume is approximated by traffic counter (all vehicle types)

≪ reference: Arrangement of days of the week for the year-end and New Year holidays ≫Reiwa comparison periods: FY4, Reiwa FY3, and 2019

Reiwa 4th year 12/28
(water)
12/29
(wood)
12/30
(Money)
12/31
(soil)
1/1
(Day)
1/2
(Moon)
1/3
(fire)
1/4
(water)
Reiwa 3rd year 12/28
(fire)
12/29
(water)
12/30
(wood)
12/31
(Money)
1/1
(soil)
1/2
(Day)
1/3
(Month)
1/4
(fire)
FY2019 12/28
(soil)
12/29
(Day)
12/30
(Month)
12/31
(fire)
1/1
(water)
1/2
(wood)
1/3
(Money)
1/4
(soil)

2. Average daily traffic volume of representative 2 sections *4

Image of the average daily traffic volume of the two representative sections of the Out-bound line
Image image of the average daily traffic volume In-bound-line in two representative sections
*4 Representative section:
E8 Hokuriku Expressway Oyashirazu IC - Itoigawa IC
E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway Minakami IC-Yuzawa IC
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