Expressway usage during the Obon period [Tohoku region version]
- Corporate Top
- Press Room
- Press Release Tohoku office
- Expressway usage during the Obon period [Tohoku region version]
August 19, 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Sendai Aoba-ku) is, Obon period [2019, August 8 (Thursday) -2019, August 18 (Sunday) of 11 days] Tohoku region of the Company to management in We are pleased to inform you that we have summarized the usage status of the Expressway
Traffic volume
Attachment-1 [PDF: 176KB]
Attachment-2 [PDF: 134KB]
- Average daily traffic volume in the Tohoku region compared to the previous year About 101% (Approximately 29,000 units / day).
- The peak traffic volume is Out-bound line is Sunday, August 11th, In-bound line is Thursday, August 15th was.
Congestion
- The number of traffic jams over 5 km 31 times in the Out-bound direction (± 0 times from the previous year), 19 times in the In-bound direction (+2 times from the previous year), 50 times (+2 times from the previous year) Has occurred.
- The maximum length of traffic is Saturday, August 10, around 10:21, E4 Tohoku Expressway (Out-bound line) 26.0km that started near Adara Tara SA was. This traffic jam was caused by traffic concentration.
<Average daily traffic during the period>
[FY2018: H30.8.9 (Thursday) -H30.8.19 (Sunday)]
| [1] R1 year results | [2] H30 FY results | YoY [1] / [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic volume | 28,500 units / day | 28,300 units / day | 100.7％ |
* A simple average of the 16 main sections. Detailed daily traffic is Attachment-1 [PDF: 176KB] please look at.
《Number of traffic jams》
[FY2018: H30.8.9 (Thursday) -H30.8.19 (Sunday)]
| Traffic jam scale | [1] 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 | 50 | 31 | 19 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Of which, traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 25 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 18 | 10 | ▲3 | ▲1 | ▲2 |
![Image of traffic count (congestion over 5km) [Out-bound Line]](/rest/pressroom/press_release/tohoku/h31/0819b/images/01a.jpg)
![Image of the number of traffic jams (5km or more) [In-bound]](/rest/pressroom/press_release/tohoku/h31/0819b/images/01b.jpg)
For details, please refer to the attached materials.
To view the PDF file, you need the Adobe Systems plug-in software "Acrobat Reader (Japanese version)". If you do not have Download from here (free)Please use it.
Related Sites and Content
If you are looking for information on fares, routes, service areas and parking areas, please click here.
If you are looking for real-time traffic congestion and restriction information, click here.
NEXCO EAST (Road Disaster Prevention Information) Official X
Click here if you are looking for road information such as road closures during disasters.