Regulación de certificados para transporte público en Virginia

Explicación Simple

Si alguien quiere empezar a ofrecer transporte público en un lugar donde ya hay un servicio, debe demostrar que el servicio existente no es suficiente. Si el servicio actual es bueno, esa persona no podrá obtener un permiso para competir.

Es como querer abrir una nueva tienda de helados en un vecindario donde ya hay una que tiene muchos clientes felices. Si la tienda actual está sirviendo bien a todos, no se permitirá abrir la nueva tienda.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que en la ciudad de Springfield, Juan quiere iniciar un servicio de autobuses. Sin embargo, ya hay un autobús de la empresa 'Transporte Feliz' que hace el mismo recorrido y tiene muchos pasajeros. Juan deberá demostrar que 'Transporte Feliz' no está satisfaciendo las necesidades de la gente antes de que le den un permiso para operar.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 46.2-2078 - No certificate to issue when service already adequate. No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate over the route of any certificated common carrier unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Department that the service rendered by such certificate holder, over such route, is inadequate to the requirements of the public necessity and convenience; and if the Department is of the opinion that the service rendered by such certificate holder over such route is in any respect inadequate to the requirements of the public necessity and convenience, such certificate holder shall be given reasonable time and opportunity to remedy such inadequacy before any certificate shall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate over such route. For the purpose of this section, the transportation of passengers by an urban-suburban bus line, hereby defined as a bus line, the majority of whose passengers use the buses for traveling a distance no more than forty miles, measured one way, on the same day, between their places of abode and their places of work, shopping areas, or schools, shall not be deemed an operation over the route of any common carrier of passengers holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity. 2001, c. 596 . Va. Code § 46.2-2079 - Certificates for passenger carriers operating over Interstate Highway System. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-2078 , upon a showing of public convenience and necessity, the Department may, if it finds from the evidence that the public interest will be promoted thereby, issue to any carrier of passengers by motor vehicle a certificate or certificates authorizing operations in the Commonwealth upon highways that are part of the Inters