Expressway usage during Golden Week
[Tohoku region version]
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- Expressway usage during the Golden Week period [Tohoku region version]
May 7, 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is during Golden Week [2019 April 26 (Fri)-2019 11 days from May 6] We would like to inform you of the usage status of Expressway in the Tohoku region, which is managed by our company.
Traffic volume
- Average daily traffic volume in the Tohoku region compared to the previous year About 116% (Approximately 29,000 units / day).
- The peak traffic volume is Out-bound line Sunday, April 28, In-bound line May 3 (Fri) was.
Congestion
- The number of traffic jams over 5 km Out-bound direction 18 times (the previous year +9 times), In-bound direction 13 times (the previous year +3 times) of 31 times (the previous year +12 times) Has occurred.
- The maximum length of traffic is May 3 (Fri) 14:15, E4 19.2km that occurred near the Fukushima Tunnel on the Tohoku Expressway (In-bound line) was. This traffic jam was caused by traffic concentration.
[Average daily traffic during the period]
[H30: H30.4.27 (Fri) -H30.5.7 (Mon)]
| [1] H31 (R1) year results | [2] H30 FY results | YoY [1] / [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic volume | 29,300 Stand / day | 25,200 units / day | 116.3％ |
* A simple average of the 16 main sections. Detailed daily traffic is Attachment-1 [PDF: 166KB] please look at.
[Number of traffic jams]
[H30: H30.4.27 (Fri) -H30.5.7 (Mon)]
| Traffic jam scale | [1] H31 (R1) year results | [2] H30 FY results | [3] Difference [1]-[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | |
| Congestion over 5km | 31 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
![Image of traffic congestion [Out-bound]](/rest/pressroom/press_release/tohoku/h31/0507b/images/01.png)
![Image of the number of traffic jams [In-bound]](/rest/pressroom/press_release/tohoku/h31/0507b/images/02.png)
For details, please refer to the attached materials.
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