N.Y. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is declaring each FIFA World Cup match day in New Jersey a “gridlock alert day,” which “urges people to take subways, walk or bike rather than drive in Manhattan.” The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the city’s transit network, will “run additional subway trains to accommodate the increased ridership” to and from MetLife Stadium. There will be “no truck deliveries allowed between 60th Street and 30th Street” on the eight game days beginning June 13 “six hours before the match and three hours after.” On 42nd Street, only “FIFA shuttle buses, MTA buses and emergency vehicles will be allowed.” Mamdani said, “We know how to put on big events.” City officials have “been preparing to accommodate the anticipated surge.” Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mamdani are “asking those in the city to be patient with crowds, security lines and more vehicles on the road” (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 6/4).
N.Y. mayor declares gridlock alert days for World Cup matches
