Congestion prediction on Expressway during Golden Week
[Tohoku region version]
Peak of congestion, Out-bound line May 2 (Saturday), In-bound line May 5 (Tuesday)
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March 27, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) Congestion prediction due to traffic concentration on Expressway in the Tohoku region during the Golden Week period [Saturday, April 25, 2015-Wednesday, May 6, 2015] Is summarized.
Please use the traffic congestion prediction information and make a leisurely travel plan such as avoiding traffic congestion by decentralizing the use of Expressway before and after the day or time when traffic congestion is predicted.
1 Congestion prediction
On the Expressway Tohoku region, traffic is congested due to the concentration of passengers heading to holiday destinations during Golden Week.
This year's Golden Week period, the Tohoku Expressway 10km or more of the congestion in the Out-bound eight times in the direction, In-bound occurs nine times for a total of 17 times in the direction, Out-bound line-In-bound a maximum of congestion of the line has been predicted as follows. (Attachments 1 and 2 [PDF: 297KB] reference)
In addition, Joban Expressway Express will enter its first congestion period after the opening of all lines on March 1, 2015. Please cooperate in distributed use by shifting the days or hours when traffic peaks are expected. (Attachment 3 [PDF: 265KB] reference)
| Road name | Direction | Date | Peak hours | Maximum traffic length | Top of traffic jam | Traffic congestion (The last side) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Out-bound line | May 2nd (Sat) | Around 10:00 | 30km | Near Adachi Tara SA (Approximately 3km beyond Motomiya IC) | Yabuki IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
| Tohoku Expressway | In-bound line | May 5 (Tue) | Around 17:00 | 30km | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) | Kunimi IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC |
* "IC" is an interchange, "SA" is a service area, and "TN" is a tunnel.
Last year's traffic jam record (reference)
In the last year of the Golden Week period [2014 April 25, 12 days of (gold) - 2014 May 6 (Tuesday)], 10km or more of the traffic jam is Out-bound six times in the direction, In-bound to 10 times in the direction It occurred 16 times in total. The largest traffic jams on the Tohoku Expressway were Out-bound on May 3 (Sat) at Ichinoseki IC (Ichinoseki IC-Furukawa IC) leading 33.1km (accidents and traffic congestion), and In-bound on May 3 (Sat). ) Was 33.9km (accidents and traffic concentration), starting from the Shiraishi IC (Kunimi IC to Sendai Miyagi IC).
Congestion prediction method
Congestion prediction takes into account traffic trends, and based on past congestion records and changes in traffic volume, excludes congestion caused by unusual events such as accidents and traffic closures, and predicts the time and place of congestion occurrence. .
Locations 10km or more traffic congestion is predicted (congestion count Out-bound line 8 times, In-bound line 9 times)
◎ Out-bound line (8 times of congestion)
| Road name | Direction | Date | Top of traffic jam | Generation IC section (* Last traffic jam IC) | Peak time Congestion length (peak time) | Congestion time | Related prefectures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Aomori Direction | May 2nd (Sat) | Near Adachi Tara SA (Approximately 3km beyond Motomiya IC) | Yabuki IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC | 30km (10 o'clock) | 3：00 ～ 17：00 | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Aomori Direction | May 2nd (Sat) | Near Fukushima TN (About 11km beyond Nihonmatsu IC) | Nihonmatsu IC ~ Fukushima Nishi IC | 15km (12 o'clock) | 11：00 ～ 19：00 | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Aomori Direction | May 2nd (Sat) | Near Kuwaori BS (About 5km ahead of Fukushima Iizaka IC) | Fukushima Nishi IC ~ Kunimi IC | 10km (14:00) | 11：00 ～ 19：00 | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Aomori Direction | May 2nd (Sat) | Near Shiraishi IC | Kunimi IC ~ Shiraishi IC | 10km (13:00) | 9：00 ～ 18：00 | Miyagi Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Aomori Direction | May 2nd (Sat) | Near Ohira IC | Sendai Miyagi IC ~ Ohira IC | 25km (10 o'clock) | 6：00 ～ 16：00 | Miyagi Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Aomori Direction | May 2nd (Sat) | Near Ichinoseki TN (About 1km beyond Ichinoseki IC) | Wakanagi Kinari IC ~ Hiraizumi Maesawa IC | 15km (13:00) | 8：00 ～ 17：00 | Iwate Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Aomori Direction | May 3 (Sun) | Near Adachi Tara SA (Approximately 3km beyond Motomiya IC) | Koriyama IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC | 10km (10 o'clock) | 7：00 ～ 12：00 | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Aomori Direction | May 3 (Sun) | Near Ohira IC | Tomiya JCT ~ Ohira IC | 10km (10 o'clock) | 7：00 ～ 13：00 | Miyagi Prefecture |
◎ In-bound line (9 times of traffic jam)
| Road name | Direction | Date | Top of traffic jam | Generation IC section (* Last traffic jam IC) | Peak time Congestion length (peak time) | Congestion time | Related prefectures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Tokyo Direction | May 2nd (Sat) | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) | Fukushima Iizaka IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC | 15km (14:00) | 8：00 ～ 17：00 | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Tokyo Direction | May 2nd (Sat) | Near Sanbongi PA (8km ahead of Furukawa IC) | Tsukidate IC ~ Ohira IC | 15km (13:00) | 10：00 ～ 15：00 | Miyagi Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Tokyo Direction | May 3 (Sun) | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) | Fukushima Iizaka IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC | 10km (14:00) | 10：00 ～ 17：00 | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Tokyo Direction | May 4 (Mon) | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) | Fukushima Iizaka IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC | 10km (13:00) | 10：00 ～ 15：00 | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Tokyo Direction | May 5 (Tue) | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) | Kunimi IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC | 30km (17:00) | 9：00 ～ 22：00 | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Tokyo Direction | May 5 (Tue) | Near Sanbongi PA (8km ahead of Furukawa IC) | Tsukidate IC ~ Ohira IC | 20 km (18:00) | 14：00 ～ 21：00 | Miyagi Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Tokyo Direction | May 5 (Tue) | Near Hiraizumi TN (4km beyond Hiraizumi Maesawa IC) | Mizusawa IC ~ Ichinoseki IC | 15km (18:00) | 15：00 ～ 21：00 | Iwate Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Tokyo Direction | May 6 (Wed) | Near Fukushima TN (About 7km ahead of Fukushima Nishi IC) | Fukushima Iizaka IC ~ Nihonmatsu IC | 15km (17:00) | 13：00 ～ 20：00 | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Tohoku Expressway | Tokyo Direction | May 6 (Wed) | Near Sanbongi PA (8km ahead of Furukawa IC) | Tsukidate IC ~ Ohira IC | 10km (17:00) | 14：00 ～ 20：00 | Miyagi Prefecture |
2 Major rest facilities where congestion is expected
During the Golden Week period, congestion is expected at the 48 rest facilities shown in the table below.
(Attachment 4 [PDF: 244KB] reference)
| Prefecture | Route | Rest facility where congestion is expected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fukushima | Tohoku Expressway | In-bound line | Abukuma PA, Kagamiishi PA, Azumi PA, Adachi Tara SA, Fukushima Matsukawa PA, Azuma PA, Kunimi SA |
| Out-bound line | Abukuma PA, Kagamiishi PA, Azumi PA, Adachi Tara SA, Fukushima Matsukawa PA, Azuma PA, Kunimi SA | ||
| Joban Expressway | In-bound line | Shikura PA, Naraha PA, Minamisou Bakajima SA | |
| Out-bound line | Shikura PA, Naraha PA, Minamisou Bakajima SA | ||
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | In-bound line | Abukuma Kogen SA, Bandaisan SA | |
| Out-bound line | Abukuma Kogen SA, Bandaisan SA | ||
| Miyagi | Tohoku Expressway | In-bound line | Zao PA, Sugo PA, Tsurusu PA, Chojahara SA, Kinari PA |
| Out-bound line | Zao PA, Sugo PA, Izumi PA, Tsurusu PA, Chojahara SA, Kinari PA | ||
| Joban Expressway | In-bound line | Bird Sea PA | |
| Out-bound line | Bird Sea PA | ||
| Iwate | Tohoku Expressway | In-bound line | Maesawa SA, Kitakami Kanegasaki PA, Shiwa SA, Iwateyama SA |
| Out-bound line | Maesawa SA, Kitakami Kanegasaki PA, Shiwa SA, Iwateyama SA | ||
| Akita | In-bound line | Kinshu Lake SA | |
| Out-bound line | Kinshu Lake SA | ||
| Akita | Akita | Out-bound line | Hachiroko SA |
* "SA" is an abbreviation for service area and "PA" is an abbreviation for parking area.
3 On-site congestion countermeasures
We plan to implement the measures shown in the table below as a countermeasure for congestion on the Expressway during Golden Week. (See Attachment 6 [PDF:286KB])
| Items | Implementation content | Implementation quantity | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expressway main line Measures in | In-bound in order to slow down in the slope or the like to suppress the traffic congestion of the cause, will be installed and signs warning | 21 places | |
| In order to prevent a collision with the tail of a traffic jam, a warning sign will be installed. | 65 locations | ||
| Brighten the lighting to prevent slowing down in the tunnel | -- | Implemented when there is a risk of traffic congestion | |
| Install a self-luminous pacemaker*1 to alleviate traffic congestion | 3 places | Near Adachi Tara SA (Out-bound line) Fukushima Tunnel (In-bound line) Hiraizumi tunnel (In-bound line) | |
| Measures at rest facilities (SA/PA) | A temporary toilet will be installed to reduce the congestion of the toilet. | 13 places 37 units | |
| In order to use the parking space properly at the rest facility, we will arrange a parking lot organizer | 48 places 1,642 people/day | See Attachment 4 [PDF: 244KB] See Attachment 5 [PDF: 116KB] |
*1 A self-luminous pacemaker is an LED light-emitting panel installed on the shoulders or median strips at equal intervals so that the light appears to flow in the direction of travel of the vehicle, which is effective in reducing traffic congestion. For more information Link destination Please refer to
4 Providing traffic congestion information
In order to drive Expressway safely and comfortably, you can easily get the latest Expressway information (congestion status, road surface status, road status) etc. on your PC or mobile phone. . Please use it before departure.
<Congestion forecast information>
- computer
『Congestion forecast calendar』(Attachment 7 [PDF: 844KB] reference)
* Expressway information site "DraPla Can also be accessed from. - Smartphone/cellphone
『Congestion forecast calendar』(Attachment 7 [PDF: 844KB] reference)
Smartphone (http://www.drivetraffic.jp/smp/prejam_map.html)
* Expressway information site "DraPla Can also be accessed from.
Mobile phone (http://m.drivetraffic.jp/yosoku_cal.html)
<Congestion situation>
- computer
『Drive traffic』(Attachment 8 [PDF: 2.8MB] reference)
*On the map screen, you can see the traffic information (driving route, etc.) of the Expressway and the charge and SA/PA information.
『Road Traffic Information Now!!]
* Japan Road Traffic Information Center HP - Smartphone/cellphone
『Drive traffic』(Attachment 8 [PDF: 2.8MB] reference)
Smartphone (http://www.driveplaza.com/)
Mobile phone (http://m.drivetraffic.jp/)
* You can see the traffic information (driving route, etc.) of the Expressway and the charge and SA/PA information. - NEXCO東日本お客さまセンター
0570-024-024 （PHS・IP電話 03-5338-7524）
※ 24時間365日オペレーターが対応します。 - （公財）日本道路交通情報センター
050-3369-6666（全国共通ダイヤル） - Other
In the major SA and PA in the Tohoku region, "Driving Weather Ch" broadcasts useful information for driving such as weather forecasts and points to note when driving.* Congestion conditions may change significantly due to accidents, weather conditions, etc., so please check the latest road traffic information on "DraPla" etc. before departure.
5 Request from NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office
- Please use the traffic congestion prediction information and make a leisurely travel plan such as avoiding traffic congestion by decentralizing the use of Expressway before and after the day or time when traffic congestion is predicted. Also, please check the road conditions immediately before going out.
- Before using the Expressway check the amount of gasoline and tire pressure etc. in advance to prevent problems on the Expressway. Also, in order to prevent falling objects, please make sure that your luggage is fixed before departure.
- Please refuel and toilet as soon as possible before using the Expressway or at a rest facility in front of a traffic jam section.
- Fatigue tends to accumulate when driving at night or for long hours. In order to prevent accidents such as drowsiness, take appropriate breaks using SA etc. and try to drive safely.
- In order to prevent a rear-end collision in the traffic jam section, when you confirm a traffic jam ahead, please turn on the hazard lamp and signal to the following vehicle.
- In the unlikely event of an accident or malfunction, install a triangular stop plate, immediately evacuate to a safe place such as outside the guardrail, and make a call using an emergency phone or mobile phone. When making a call using a mobile phone, use the road emergency dial "#9910 Please report to. Even if you find an abnormality on the road or a falling object, you can dial the road emergency dial "#9910 Please report to.
- Expressway, seat belts are legally required for all seats, including the back seats. Please be sure to wear it.
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