Tohoku Tohoku Shinkansen Yamagata Shinkansen Akita Shinkansen Hokkaido Shinkansen Enlarged map of central Tokyo Expressway Tokyo Outer Tokyo Sendai Tokyo Shin-Aomori Tokyo Yamagata Tokyo Akita Tokyo Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Ring Road 1 hr. 40 min. 3 hr. 25 min. 2 hr. 30 min. 3 hr. 45 min. 4 hr. Hokuriku Shinkansen Kan-Etsu broad road and Tokyo Kanazawa Tokyo Nagano Expressway Joban Expressway Central hr. hr. min. Kan-Etsu Keiyo Road 3 1 30 Expressway Circular Route Ikebukuro Joestu Shinkansen Ueno rail network Okaya JCT Kasumigaura Bay Tokyo Niigata A Kukishiraoka JCT Chuo Shinjuku Expressway 2 hr. 10 min. Tokyo Tsukuba Imperial JCT Palace Higashi- Kanto Expressway Shinagawa Transportation in the Greater Tokyo Area is supported by a road network built around Tsurugashima JCT Expressway/ three circular and nine radial expressways, and a concentrated railway network said Tomei Toll road Expressway National route to be the world’s best. Daisan Kawaguchi Tokyo Outer Keihin JCT Ring Road Road Tokyo International Airport 0 5km Saitama City By 2020, the three ring expressways should be 90 percent complete. (Haneda Airport) Bijogi JCT Misato JCT Taiei JCT Ome Narita JCT The Metropolitan Central Circular Route Inter-City Expressway (Ken-o-do) Oizumi JCT Narita Chuo Expressway International Yokota Air Base Airport Keiyo Road Futaba JCT Ajinomoto Chofu MIyanogi JCT A Benefits of completing Stadium Airport Benefits of completing the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway Central Circular Route* Hachioji JCT Higashi-Kanto Expressway the Tokyo Outer Ring Road* Shortening travel time Shortening of time lost to Kanetsu Tomei traffic congestion Before Otsuki JCT Mt. Takao Tama Center Chiba City Chiba-Higashi JCT Shinjuku completion (3 months after completion) 4 Hashimoto Togane JCT C1 Via Inner Linear Chuo Shinkansen Tokyo Port Rail network C1 Sagamihara Expected C2 Hamasakibashi Circular Route Tokyo Osaka Tokyo Nagoya Sagamihara route Tokyo International Airport Shinkansen Junction Before completion After 3 1.561.56 Before completion (scheduled to (scheduled to City (Haneda Airport) Linear Chuo Shinkansen Approx. 40 min. 2.842.84 Approx. 60 min. open in 2045) open in 2027) completion Approx. 60 min. Tateyama JR Line (via Ring(via Road Ring No. Road 8) No. 8) 1 hr. 40 min. Daisan Kawasaki City Kawasaki-Ukishima JCT Approx.Approx. % % Tokaido Shinkansen C2 Via Central 50 50 Keihin Road Expressway Private Line/Subway decreasedecrease 438 km 286 km Circular Route 2 11 Tokyo Shin-Osaka Tokyo Nagoya Kawasaki Tokyo Bay Lines under study* The inside Theof inside of Aqua Line 1 the Tokyo theMetropolitan Tokyo Metropolitan Approx.Approx. 80% reduction80% reduction Hodogaya JCT Bayshore Port ExpresswayExpressway Central Central 2 hr. 25 min. 1 hr. 40 min. 8 Route Road network TOKYO VIEW CITY Approx. 19 min. Circular RouteCircular Route Yokohama City Shinjuku Haneda Airport Ebina JCT Expressway/Toll road Before completion After completion National route Before completion After completion The Metropolitan Shortened by (10,000 vehicles/hour) (10,000 vehicles/hour) (10,000 vehicles/hour) (10,000 vehicles/hour) After completionAfter completion Inter-City Expressway Approx. 12 min. Yokohama Port approx. 21 min. Approx. 12 min. Mt. Fuji Kisarazu JCT (Ken-o-do) (via Tokyo(via Outer Tokyo Ring Outer Road) Ring Road) Tomei Expressway Chigasaki JCT Kisarazu-Minami JCT 0 10km Kamariya JCT 09 / 10 Source: *Compiled from Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited, “Use of Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway Central Circular Route (Wangan Line – Shibuya Line) Three Months After Opening” (July 2015) * These lines were listed in the July 2015 “Summary of Studies for the Council for Transport Policy Report on a Regional Transportation Network Plan” as lines that should be given priority in studies for construction. Development has not been decided..