New Yorkers' ongoing attempts to rein in car traffic on the island of Manhattan took a serious blow yesterday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy terminated the city's congestion charge, which made drivers pay for going below 60th Street.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy terminated the city's congestion charge, which made drivers pay for going below 60th Street. Duffy claimed that it's unfair that drivers should have to pay to use roads since there are already tolls on bridges into Manhattan and claimed there are no alternatives,

The Gateway Development Commission, overseeing the new rail tunnel project beneath the Hudson River, is relying on $12 billion in federal money.

One of President Trump’s anti-congestion pricing mouthpieces has a notable conflict of interest: her husband owns more than a dozen parking garages in the very part of Manhattan where driving has been reduced by the toll.

The U.S. Department of Transportation said the Federal Highway Administration has "terminated approval" of New York City's congestion pricing plan.

U.S. transportation secretary Sean Duffy, who moved to pull federal approval of congestion pricing this week, has now said he is “100%” open to some form of the tolling program in Manhattan.