May I suggest cardhunter ? <| sep |> I understand it ' s frustrating for a lot of people , especially when many are taxed to the hilt already . The ' theoretical ' economics behind this are the following . If you set a toll , the people on the fence between transit and driving close to indifferent will choose transit . This should reduce congestion . With that comes the benefit of possible lower fuel costs if you spend , let ' s say , 1015 min less driving in both directions . Also , there ' s an implied opportunity cost of spending that extra 2030 min driving instead of at home or working . You can take your hourly wage rate as the figure head for that figure . So if someone makes $ 20 hour , that extra $ 10 they spend sitting traffic instead of doing something else is an implicit cost of congestion . Then economists ask , would you spend $ 4 on a toll to save $ 10 in fuel and implicit costs ? Given that choice , people would accept that kind of offer . Granted , I ' m not taking a certain position on this because I want to see more information on the plan . But that ' s the gist of the economic rationale behind toll roads . That being said , I think the city needs to cut spending before they whine for more cash from citizens . I ' d ask John Tory to tighten his belt before he goes around and tries to tighten everyone ' s belts too .