Ignore the legal reasoning in the DOT memo, it’s window dressing. Trump is messing with congestion pricing because he can.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with its plan to kill New York City’s congestion pricing – a controversial tolling program designed to help raise millions in critical infrastructure funding and decrease traffic in Manhattan’s most congested zones.

The president made his power to shut down the tolling system sound absolute. But legal experts say the law may not be in his favor.