Extending green traffic time to eliminate congestion 7:26 on September 8 at the Rugby World Cup

This is a new congestion countermeasure at the Rugby World Cup Japan Tournament. The Metropolitan Police Department is the first in the country to introduce a special traffic light that extends the time of green light by sensing the number of spectators walking from the station to the stadium where the first match of Japan takes place, and promotes efforts to eliminate congestion It was decided.

The Rugby World Cup Japan Tournament will open on the 20th of this month, and of these, eight games will be held at the Tokyo Stadium in Chofu, including the first match between Japan and Russia.

It is expected that the route from Toda Station on the Keio Line of the nearest station to the stadium will be congested, and the Metropolitan Police Department will install a special traffic light that automatically extends the green light time at the intersection on the route according to the number of pedestrians nationwide It was introduced for the first time.

Specifically, the number of pedestrians crossing the pedestrian crossing is detected by cameras and sensors attached to the traffic lights, and if there is congestion, the time of the green light is extended by up to 50 seconds.

If it is identified that there is no congestion, it will return to the normal green light time.

The Tokyo Stadium will be used for venues such as soccer and 7-person rugby at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next year, and the Metropolitan Police Department will also use this as a countermeasure against congestion.

In the vicinity of Tokyo Stadium, when there is a soccer game, the route from the station to the stadium is crowded with many spectators.

A man in his 70s living near the stadium said, “The road from the station to Tokyo Stadium is not crowded on weekdays, but the sidewalk is full of people on days when there are matches. Many spectators come even in rugby. It was so difficult. "

A man in his twenties who had watched at the stadium said, “This road is really crowded at the time of the game, so I think it would be really good if people started to flow on the traffic lights.”