Road Moratorium

As seen on the excellent Miss Vicky's: Ecology Ottawa is getting a petition together asking for a moratorium on new road construction in Ottawa. Particularly interesting is their concept of a "cap and trade" system for roads: if a new road absolutely must be built, another road of similar size is taken out of commission, and converted into a pedestrian walkway (a la Sparks Street), bicycle throughfare or transitway. What a great idea!