Expressway traffic conditions during Golden Week (breaking news)
[Tohoku region version]
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May 8 2024
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi) announces the following information on the usage of Expressway in the Tohoku region managed by the Company during the Golden Week period [2024 Friday, April 26 to 2024 Monday, May 6 (11 days)].
Traffic volume
- The average daily traffic volume in the Tohoku region was 20,800 vehicles per day, approximately 98% compared to the same period in 2023.
- Traffic volumes peaked on Friday, May 3rd on Out-bound lanes and Sunday, May 5th on In-bound lanes.
Congestion
- There were seven traffic jams of 5km or more in Out-bound direction (one less than the previous year), two in the In-bound direction (two more than the previous year) and one more than the previous year.
- The longest traffic jam was 15.0 km long and occurred on Friday, May 3rd on Tohoku Expressway (Out-bound) starting near Fukushima TN. This traffic jam was caused by an accident.
(1) Comparison period
- 2024:
- 2024-2024 May 6, 2020 11 days
- ②2023:
- Thursday, April 27, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023 (11 days)
(2) Average daily traffic volume during the period
Major sections of Expressway in the Tohoku region (17 sections)
| Results 2024 (①) | Results for 2023 (②) | contrast ①／② |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic (all cars) | 20,800 units/day | 21,300 units/day | 97.7％ |
(3) Number of traffic jams
| Results 2024 (①) | Results for 2023 (②) | difference ①－② |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | |
| Congestion over 5km | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ＋1 | ▲1 | ＋2 |
| Congestion of 10 km or more | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ▲2 | ▲1 | ▲1 |
The number of traffic jams of 5km or longer includes the number of traffic jams of 10km or longer.
For details, please refer to the attached document [PDF: 379KB].
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