By any reasonable measure, New York City’s congestion pricing policy—the hotly contested $9 toll to enter the city center, to reduce auto pollution and raise money for the public transit system—is working. These, however, are not metrics that interest the Trump administration.

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) has adopted a more aggressive persona in response to the Trump administration’s move to end New York City’s congestion pricing, to mixed reception. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy informed Hochul in a Wednesday letter that the federal government was terminating approval of the controversial policy.