Expressway usage during the Obon period [Tohoku region version]

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August 17, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Sendai Aoba-ku) is, Obon period [2020, August 7 (Friday) -2020 August 16 (Sun) 10 days of] the Tohoku region of the Company to management in We will inform you about the usage status of the Expressway.

    Traffic volume

  • Average daily traffic volume in the Tohoku region compared to the previous year About 58% (Approximately 16,000 units/day).
  • Congestion

  • During the period, traffic congestion of 5 km or more did not occur on either the In-bound or Out-bound line.
    (The previous year, 31 times Out-bound line, 19 times In-bound line)

Average daily traffic during the period

[R1 year: R1.8.9 (Fri)-8.18 (Sun)]

[1] R2 year results [2] R1 results YoY [1] / [2]
Average daily traffic volume 16,000 Stand/day 27,700 Stand/day 57.8%

Number of traffic jams

[R1 year: R1.8.9 (Fri)-8.18 (Sun)]

Traffic jam scale [1] R2 year results [2] R1 results [3] Difference ([1]-[2])
total going down going up total going down going up total going down going up
Congestion over 5km 0 0 0 50 31 19 ▲50 ▲31 ▲19
Of which, traffic congestion of 10 km or more 0 0 0 25 17 8 ▲25 ▲17 ▲8
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