Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report)
[Tohoku region version]
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- Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [Tohoku region version]
January 5, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office Office (Miyagino-ku, Sendai City) is the Tohoku region managed by our company during the year-end and New Year period [8 days from December 28, 2020 (Wednesday) to January 4, 2020 (Wednesday)] We have summarized the usage status of the Expressway, so we will let you know.
Traffic volume [Attachment-1] [PDF: 67KB][Attachment-2] [PDF: 213KB]
- The average daily traffic volume in the Tohoku region was 23,800 vehicles/day, 88.5% compared to the same period in 2019. (It was 101.7% compared to the same period in 2021.)
- Traffic peaked on December 29th (Thursday) for the Out-bound line and January 3rd (Tuesday) for the In-bound line.
Congestion [Attachment-3] [PDF: 35KB]
- Traffic jams due to traffic concentration of 5 km or more were 0 times.
Road closures [Attachment-4] [PDF: 61KB]
- From December 28th to January 4th, there were 0 road closures due to snow and 5 road closures due to traffic accidents.
If heavy snowfall is expected in the Tohoku region in the future, please refrain from going out unnecessarily and non-urgently, and if you have no choice but to use the Expressway, please wear winter tires and carry tire chains.
Average daily traffic volume during the period (*)
Compared to 2019
[FY2019: 2019 (Sat) ~ R2.1.4 (Sat)]
| (1) FY2022 results | (2) 2019 of achievements | Contrast (1) / (2) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic | 23,800 units/day | 26,900 units/day | 88.5％ |
(Reference) Compared to 2021
[FY2021: 3.12.28 (Tue) ~ 4.1.4 (Tue)]
| (1) FY2022 results | (3) Results for 2021 | Contrast (1)/(3) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic | 23,800 units/day | 23,400 units/day | 101.7％ |
- Simple average of 4 main intervals. For detailed daily traffic volume, please see [Attachment-1] [PDF: 67KB].
Number of traffic jams during the period
Compared to 2019
[FY2019: 2019 (Sat) ~ R2.1.4 (Sat)]
| Traffic jam scale | (1) FY2022 results | (2) 2019 of achievements | Difference ((1)-(2)) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | |
| Congestion over 5km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ▲1 | ▲1 | 0 |
| Of which, traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(Reference) Compared to 2021
[FY2021: 3.12.28 (Tue) ~ 4.1.4 (Tue)]
| Traffic jam scale | (1) FY2022 results | (3) Results for 2021 | Difference ((1)-(3)) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | |
| Congestion over 5km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ▲2 | ▲2 | 0 |
| Of which, traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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