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=== Transportation === | === Transportation === | ||
[[File:Fred Hartman Bridge | [[File:Fred Hartman Bridge, Baytown, Texas 1209261519.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Nuria Batanero Memorial Bridge]] spans the San Miguel river and connects Sierra to Lynnhaven.]] | ||
Verona's vast terrain is connected by an extensive network of controlled-access highways ('freeways'), limited-access roads ('expressways'), and highways. In fact, Verona has the most extensive highway and railway system in Cartadania. The regulatory authority, the [[Verona Department of Transportation]] (VDOT), constructs and maintains the state's immense highway system, as well as regulates aviation and public transportation systems. The rapidly growing population of the commonwealth is straining its transportation networks, although even with its 76 million residents, Verona has a notable lack of overall traffic congestion relative to its population and density, especially in areas outside of the Palm Coast and Alahuela metro areas. | |||
[[File:El Paso and Juarez.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Part of [[Verona State Highway 295|Verona SH-295]].]] | |||
The first Verona freeway was the Bay Freeway, which opened in 1948 and runs the length of the state adjacent to the Bay of Attalus from northeastern Sierra County to Volusia County (after which it becomes South Bend Parkway). As of 2024, {{convert|136336|km|mi}} of public highway crisscrossed Verona's landscape. To fund recent growth in the state highways, Verona has fourteen toll roads with several additional tollways proposed. In central Verona, [[Verona State Highway 295|SH-295]] (Varina Tollway) has an advisory speed limit of {{convert|195|km/h|mph}}, the highest in the nation, but also does not have a posted speed limit for most of its length. Before it was opened, the highest speed in Verona was {{convert|145|km/h|mph}} on SH-210, which had it tied with Santiago's [[Santiago#Transportation|SR-600]]. All federal and state highways in the commonwealth are paved. | |||
Located northerly in Sarpedon, the state is an important transportation hub. Verona has 26 foreign trade zones (FTZ) and in 2022, a combined total of €330 billion of goods passed through Verona land FTZs alone, especially across the bay from Turiana and from other international sources by air and sea. | |||
Located northerly in Sarpedon, the state is an important transportation hub. Verona has 26 foreign trade zones (FTZ) and in 2022, a combined total of €330 billion of goods passed through Verona land FTZs alone | |||
[[Sierra International Airport]] (SIX) is one of the world's busiest airport, due in part to Cartadania's central location (working as a connection point) and the immense amount of people in the region surrounding the airport. It is a major hub for trans-continental flights as well, with flights to nearly every country in Sarpedon. | |||
[[File:Verona Commonwealth Police car.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Verona Commonwealth Police car]] | |||
Verona also has several important seaports. The giant seaport complex formed by the Palm Coast International Terminals in northeastern Verona is the second largest in Cartadania, after Sanova International Gateway (world's busiest), and one of the busiest in the world. | Verona also has several important seaports. The giant seaport complex formed by the Palm Coast International Terminals in northeastern Verona is the second largest in Cartadania, after Sanova International Gateway (world's busiest), and one of the busiest in the world. | ||
The protection of Verona's infrastructure, highways and ports included, usually falls under the jurisdiction of the Verona Department of Public Safety. The Verona Commonwealth Police, a division of the DPS, is responsible for providing any police-sanctioned service to anyone on Verona's state-maintained highways and on any state property. | The protection of Verona's infrastructure, highways and ports included, usually falls under the jurisdiction of the [[Verona Department of Public Safety]]. The [[Verona Commonwealth Police]], a division of the DPS, is responsible for providing any police-sanctioned service to anyone on Verona's state-maintained highways and on any state property. | ||
The Verona Department of Motor Vehicles is responsible for licensing drivers and providing ID cards. It is one of the largest vehicle agencies in Sarpedon and by far the largest in Cartadania. As of | The Verona Department of Motor Vehicles is responsible for licensing drivers and providing ID cards. It is one of the largest vehicle agencies in Sarpedon and by far the largest in Cartadania. As of 2024, the Verona DMV had 54,344,245 driver's licenses and ID cards on record, which is more active drivers than any other state has inhabitants. | ||
=== Energy === | === Energy === | ||