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Is Montreal ready for bridge tolls? Depends who you ask

A new study suggesting tolls are the solution to Montreal's traffic woes has sparked a heated debate about how to reduce congestion on the island.

Study from McGill-based Ecofiscal Commission says tolls would help reduce gridlock

To toll or not to toll?

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A new study suggesting tolls are the solution to Montreal's traffic woes has sparked a heated debate about how to reduce congestion on the island.

A new study suggesting tolls are the solution to Montreal's traffic woes has sparked a heated debate about how to reduce congestion on the island.

Canada'sEcofiscal Commission, athink-tank with headquartersat McGill University, hasrecommendedputting tolls on all bridges leading to Montreal as a way of reducing gridlock.

The study suggeststolls wouldencourage more people to use public transit.

On Facebook, several people came out in favour of the idea, with James Dufaultsaying: "The money would fund transit infrastructure and service frequency, and fewer cars would make more space for buses. The supremacy of private automobile over commercial vehicles, transit, biking, and walking has to come to an end there is no more space."

Brian Lowry, another commenter, had a different idea.

"There's an easy way to make tolls progressive: don't toll cars with two or more people in them. Toll everything else," he wrote.

On Twitter, meanwhile,reaction was strong and swift.

Some came out in favour of the idea.

Others were more skeptical.

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