Opinion: Let's put a price on crossing Mount Royal

The city’s pilot project to ban most through traffic from Camillien-Houde Way will begin at the end of next week. Barriers, special-use privileges, diverse treatments of interest groups — as proposed by our mayor — are not the best way to preserve Mount Royal’s environment and integrity, however. Putting a price on a vehicle traverse would be fairer and more efficient.
Right now, visitors who park on the mountain and then use it to walk, jog, have a family picnic or perfo