大型連休、交通量７割減　コロナ影響で高速道路―国交省まとめ

　国土交通省は７日、東日本、中日本、西日本、本州四国連絡の高速道路４社の大型連休中（４月２５日～５月６日）の交通状況をまとめた。調査対象である全国４０区間の１日当たりの平均交通量は前年同期（４月２７日～５月８日）比７０％減の約１万４６００台。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大防止に向け、政府が不要不急の移動自粛を呼び掛けたことや、各社が地方区間の休日割引を行わなかったことが影響したとみられる。
　４０区間全てで交通量が減少した。減少率が最も大きかったのは米子道久世インターチェンジ（ＩＣ、岡山県真庭市）―湯原ＩＣ（同市）間の８４％。最も小さかった東京湾アクアライン川崎浮島ジャンクション（川崎市）―海ほたるパーキングエリア（千葉県木更津市）間でも５２％の減少だった。
　一方、大型車は全区間平均で１４％減。物流を担うトラックやトレーラーなどに一定の需要があったとみられ、東海北陸道飛騨清見ＩＣ（岐阜県高山市）―白川郷ＩＣ（同県白川村）間で３６％増となるなど交通量が増えた区間もあった。（2020/05/07-17:23）

Traffic volume on expressways across Japan during this year's Golden Week holiday period fell 70 pct from the previous year's similar period amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, the transport ministry said Thursday.
   The number of vehicles spotted in 40 survey sections averaged some 14,600 each day in the period from April 25 through Wednesday, the ministry said.
   The sharp traffic volume decline from last year's Golden Week, from April 27 through May 8, came as authorities urged people to stay home and all the four expressway operators refrained from implementing holiday toll discounts to prevent the spread of the virus.
   According to the ministry, the section between the Kuse Interchange and the Yubara Interchange in Okayama Prefecture on the Yonago Expressway in western Japan saw the largest fall of 84 pct. The smallest drop was 52 pct, observed in the section between the Kawasaki-Ukishima Junction and the Umihotaru Parking Area on the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line.
   The ministry also said the 40-section average of traffic volume of large vehicles, mostly trucks, fell only 14 pct reflecting unabated physical distribution demand, with the section between the Hida-Kiyomi Interchange and the Shirakawago Interchange on the Tokai Hokuriku Expressway in the central region seeing even a rise of 36 pct.