Expressway usage during the year-end and New Year period [Tohoku region version]

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NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is our company during the year-end and New Year period [8 days from December 28, 2016 (Wednesday) to January 4, 2017 (Wednesday)]. We will inform you about the usage status of Expressway in the Tohoku region managed by.

　The number of vehicles used during this period increased compared to the previous year, but there was no traffic congestion.

1 Traffic volume and number of passengers

[Average traffic volume on eight sections of the main line]

• All cars: approx. 103% year-on-year (approx. 19 thousand units/day) Attachment-1 [PDF: 178KB]
• Peak: Out-bound line December 29 (Thursday), In-bound line is January 3 (Tuesday) Attachment-2 [PDF: 175KB]

[Number of interchanges used (number of vehicles passing through exit toll gates, etc.)]

• All cars: About 102% of the previous year (about 273,000 units/day)
• Vehicle type
  : Small vehicles approx. 101% year-on-year (about 241,000 units/day)
  : Large vehicles about 108% of the previous year (about 32,000 units/day)
  Attachment-3 [PDF: 128KB]
• By prefecture [YoY change]
  Aomori: about 104% (about 20 thousand units/day), Iwate: about 100% (about 38,000 units/day), Akita: about 102% (about 23,000 units/day), Miyagi: about 104 % (About 89,000 units/day), Yamagata: about 101% (about 31,000 units/day), Fukushima: about 101% (about 72,000 units/day) Attachment-4 [PDF: 191KB]

2 congestion

Attachment-5 [PDF: 136KB]

There was no congestion of more than 10km on the main line. (It has not occurred in the previous year.)

Comparison target period (red frame)

For details, please refer to the attached materials.