Commercial transport law

Toll roads/bridges

Is it possible that motorists using a road or bridge will have to pay a toll to do so?

Toll roads exist

• Aethelnia - all major motorways and bridges require users to pay a toll.
•  Lendosa — many major highways and bridges require users to pay a toll.
• Listonian Free State — most major highways require users to pay a toll.
• Shaelia — there are toll roads and bridges. National transportation network roadways and bridges are free to access. States are permitted to require a toll to use any state-funded roadway or bridge.
• TDCorp - All transport vehicles are charged a road fee according to weight and maximum speed plus basic damage insurance. Additional tolls and fees are charged for "express" roads and high-speed highways operated by other companies.
•  Xochimechatl — in many jurisdictions, the best roads and most major bridges require users to pay a toll.

No toll roads

• Estontetso
• Fora Rifo
• Holmey — Roads do not require tolls.
• Kvoldey — Roads do not require tolls.
•  Mari'im — roads do not require tolls.
• Porto Capital - All public roads are freely accessible.
• Saint Kilta - Private road operators pay TDCorp road operation fees out of members' contributions
• San Patricio - The government pays TDCorp Multiconduit road operation fees out of the general budget.
• Skerey — Roads do not require tolls.
• Svarthaedir — Roads do not require tolls.
• Sykurey — Roads do not require tolls.
•  Trinia — the law requires that all public roads be freely accessible.
• Ulnovabad - The city government pays TDCorp road operation fees out of the general budget.

Regulation of commercial road transport

Are people who want to operate taxis, buses, and other commercial road vehicles subject to any particular rules?

Regulated

• Aethelnia — taxi and bus operators are required to be licensed.
• Estontetso — taxi and bus drivers are required to join a relevant state company and get a corresponding licence
• Fora Rifo - Mining vehicles and commercial vehicles mith maximum gross weight > 8 tons require a Fora Rifo Phosphates driving licence additional to the national one
• Holmey — All commercial road transportation subjected to licensing and regulations.
• Kvoldey — All commercial road transportation subjected to licensing and regulations.
•  Lendosa — taxi and bus operators are required to be licensed.
• Listonian Free State — taxi and bus operators are required to be licensed by the Ministry of Transport.
•  Mari'im — taxi and bus operators are required to be licensed, although there are a significant number of unlicensed, unofficial taxis in service.
• Porto Capital — Taxi operators are required to be licensed. Bus services and other public transportation is operated by the state.
• Saint Kilta - Commercial vehicle operation require a separate test and are noted separately in the national driver's license
• San Patricio - Commercial vehicle operation requires additional education and testing, and a separate note on the national driver's license
• Shaelia — taxi, bus, heavy equipment, hazardous material, and general commercial vehicle operators are required to be licensed.
• Skerey — All commercial road transportation subjected to licensing and regulations.
• Svarthaedir — All commercial road transportation subjected to licensing and regulations.
• Sykurey — All commercial road transportation subjected to licensing and regulations.
•  Trinia — taxi and bus operators are required to be licensed.
• Ulnovabad - Commercial vehicle operators must register with the Police before starting their employment/business.

Unregulated

• TDCorp - Transport conditions and standards are mainly set by insurance companies. Uninsured vehicles are charged damages by TDC in case of accident, and the high probability of fender-benders creates an unofficial basic requirement for vehicle function.
•  Xochimechatl — there is little to no regulation of taxis and private buses, and what little regulation does exist is often ignored.

Private ownership of highways

In some countries, private companies may build and operate highways (presumably generating profit from toll revenue). Sometimes, there will be joint ventures between private companies and the government for this purpose.

Possible

• Fora Rifo - The Fora Rifo Phosphates company maintains about half the roads in the country. and has access granting privileges to those roads it maintains, rendering them private for all practical purposes.
• Listonian Free State — theoretically possible, but in practice very few such projects have advanced to construction.
• Saint Kilta - Rural roads are mainly built by stationmasters or coalitions of those; after 320, TDCorp was contracted to maintain and operate most roads in St. Kilta, with ownership retained by coalitions; Roads in cities are owned and maintained by the government.
• San Patricio - All Homelands allow private ownership of roads. The main road network consists of TDCorp Multiconduits. Roads in the mountainous west are mainly built and operated by private individuals or companies
• TDCorp - All roads are private, either owned by TDC or other private entities (cooperatives, companies, etc,)
• Ulnovabad - Roads have been sold to TDCorp in 320.
•  Xochimechatl — all jurisdictions allow privately-owned highways either explicitly or by default, although only a few such projects have gone ahead (all of which have been public-private partnerships).

Not possible

• Aethelnia — only the federal government may build and own motorways.
• Estontetso
• Holmey — Only the central government can build and own motorways.
• Kvoldey — Only the central government can build and own motorways.
•  Lendosa — only the government may build and own highways.
•  Mari'im — only the government may build and own highways.
• Porto Capital — Private ownership of transportways is not possible.
• Shaelia — private ownership of highways, roadways, and/or bridges is not possible.
• Skerey — Only the central government can build and own motorways.
• Svarthaedir — Only the central government can build and own motorways.
• Sykurey — Only the central government can build and own motorways.
•  Trinia — only the government may build and own highways, although this is more an accidental consequence of the law's phrasing than a deliberate policy choice.

Private ownership of rail transport

Can rail transport (the tracks, the trains, or both) be privately owned?

Possible

• Aethelnia — all track and infrastructure in the country is government-owned, most railway services are also government-owned (and free-of-charge), but increasingly passenger operations are franchised to individual private-sector operators and the freight services sold outright.
• Fora Rifo - The Fora Rifo Phosphates company built, maintains and operates the rail network.
•  Lendosa — all railways in the country are owned either by private companies or by companies that could be privatised if desired.
• Listonian Free State — all railways are privately owned.
• Saint Kilta - Rail networks in the big stations are wholly private, and some rural rail networks are owned by coalitions of stationmasters.
• San Patricio - All Homelands allow private ownership of railroads. La Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles (the national railroad company) has contracted out the expansion, maintenance and operation of the network to TDCorp, which has integrated it into its Multiconduits
• Shaelia — private companies may operate railways and lay rail, so long as they have the proper permits and other documentation.
• TDCorp - All railways are private; TDC is the largest rail operator in Vexillium.
•  Trinia — private companies are allowed to run trains in competition with the state rail operator, although the track itself is by law owned by the government (through a separate agency than the one which operates trains).
• Ulnovabad - Tram and regional rail networks were sold to TDCorp in 320.
•  Xochimechatl — legal by default, as there are no laws one way or another.

Not possible

• Estontetso
• Holmey — Rail transport infrastructure is government owned.
• Kvoldey — Rail transport infrastructure is government owned.
•  Mari'im — the law is written in the assumption that rail infrastructure will be government-owned.
• Porto Capital — Transport infrastructure is government-owned.
• Skerey — Rail transport infrastructure is government owned.
• Svarthaedir — Rail transport infrastructure is government owned.
• Sykurey — Rail transport infrastructure is government owned.

Private ownership of airlines

Is it possible for an airline to be privately owned?

Possible

• Aethelnia — The airline industry is entirely privately owned.
• Fora Rifo - Private ownership of airlines was authorized in 321. The national airline, Aerovojo de Fora Rifo, will be privatized in 325.
• Holmey — all airlines are privately owned.
• Kvoldey — all airlines are privately owned.
•  Lendosa — there are no significant restrictions, and most of the local airline industry is privately owned.
• Listonian Free State — all airlines are privately owned.
• Porto Capital — There is one major government-owned airline - AirPC, but also some minor private ones.
• Saint Kilta - The airline industry is wholly private.
• San Patricio - All Homelands allow private ownership of airlines. La Empresa Nacional de Transporte Volador (the national airline) has been transformed into a regulator, with all actual air transport in private hands.
• Shaelia — The airline industry is entirely private.
• Skerey — all airlines are privately owned.
• Svarthaedir — One airline is government-owned, all other airlines are private entities.
• Sykurey — all airlines are privately owned.
• TDCorp - All airlines are private.
•  Trinia — there are no significant restrictions, and private airlines exist.
• Ulnovabad - All airlines can be private; no native Ulnovabadian airlines exist as of 323
•  Xochimechatl — there are no significant restrictions, and at present, all airlines based in the country are privately owned.

Not possible

• Estontetso
•  Mari'im — in theory, it would be possible to establish a private airline, but in practice, the government will always decline to grant a license on the grounds that the applicant would be "surplus to requirements".

Private ownership of commercial airports

Possible

• Aethelnia — All commercial airports are privately owned.
• Fora Rifo - Private ownership of airports is allowed.
• Kvoldey — Some commercial airports are privately owned.
• Listonian Free State — some commercial airports are privately owned.
• Saint Kilta - Private airports are allowed and exist in the big stations. Airports in the cities were sold to TDCorp in 322.
• San Patricio - All Homelands allow private ownership of airports. Airports are mainly built and operated by TDCorp and La Empresa Nacional de Aceites (the national petroleum company)
• Shaelia — All commercial airports are privately owned.
• Svarthaedir — Some commercial airports are privately owned.
• Sykurey — Some commercial airports are privately owned.
• TDCorp - All airports are private. TDC is the largest airport operator in Vexillium.
•  Trinia — commercial airports can be privately owned, although very few actually are.
• Ulnovabad - The city airport was sold to TDCorp in 314
•  Xochimechatl — some commercial airports are privately owned.

Not possible

• Estontetso
• Holmey — Airports are government-owned.
•  Lendosa — all commercial airports must be owned by local authorities, as they are considered to be monopolies in most cases and therefore in need of impartial control.
•  Mari'im — the law is written on the assumption that commercial airports will be government-owned.
• Porto Capital — Airports are government-owned.
• Skerey — Airports are government-owned.