Originally Posted by
RPK79
You're over thinking it. The government simply can't impede your travel. They can't do things like force you to obtain permits to travel from one city to another much like North Korea does to its citizens. By not building a bike path or supplying a bus route they are not impeding your travel.
Maybe. But isn't the commerce clause being argued in the courts a lot more lately? To the extent that free travel by different modes could be said to affect commerce, it becomes a topic for legal battles.
Anyhow, the population grows and the highway system cannot keep pace. This means ever increasing demand for a limited resource. There will be many disputes in coming years. Lawyers and justices will be called on to determine who has a "right" to what.
One thing I know, and I think you will agree with: sprawl can exist only if there are lots of cars and lots of high speed highways. So that's where the battle lines will be drawn.