Expressway usage during the Golden Week [Tohoku region version]
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- Expressway usage during the Golden Week [Tohoku region version]
May 8, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Branch (Sendai-shi Aoba-ku) is a highway in the Tohoku region managed by the Company in the Golden Week period [ 10days from April 28 (Fri) - May 7 (Sun), 2017 ] We have compiled the use situation of, so we will let you know.
During this period, both traffic volume and the number of traffic jams increased compared to the previous year.
1 traffic volume
[Average traffic volume on eight sections of the main line]
- All cars: 107% of the previous year (about 29,000 units/day) Attachment-1 [PDF: 122KB]
- Peak: The down line is May 3 (Wed), the up line is May 5 (Fri)Attachment-2 [PDF: 164KB]
2 congestion
- Congestion of 10 km or more on the main line occurred 5 times in the Out-bound direction (+1 year-on-year) and 4 times in the In-bound direction (+1 year-on-year), a total of 9 times (+2 year-on-year).
- The maximum traffic congestion length of the main line is 27.6 km (+ 5.1 km from the previous year), and on May 3 (Wed) (6: 56-12: 14 peak time 11:00), the E4 Tohoku Expressway Nipponmatsu IC - Kagamishi Smart IC Occurred in between (down line). This traffic jam occurred due to accidents and traffic concentration.
- The amount of traffic congestion (*) was 392 km·h (about 163% of the previous year), an increase from the previous year.
- Congestion extension (km) × congestion time (h) ÷ 2 Note) “IC” is an abbreviation for interchange.
Comparison period
For details, please refer to the attached materials.
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