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If you can provide any credible source supporting your assertion that existing road and runway infrastructure shall, 20-30 years from now, adequately handle the increased intra-state travel produced by ongoing population growth then please do so.
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I think you mean 60-70 years from now-- that is the planning timeframe for a project of this size. The updated high speed rail business plan estimates construction will be completed by 2030-33 and this will have a 40-50 year lifecycle, so that is 2070-80.
It is extremely difficult to predict population or travel behavior that far out but I think it is safe to say that the existing infrastructure in 2012 is nowhere near adequate for the population of 2070.