Gridlock slams NYC as World Cup travelers rocked by ‘chaotic’ transit planning

Tamara Ceaikovski

The beautiful game made an absolute mess of the Big Apple Saturday, as mass gridlock shuttered Midtown streets and left traffic snarled to make it easier for fans to get to MetLife Stadium for the region’s first World Cup match. Travelers were especially impacted around Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, where streets were closed to speed up shuttle buses for fans heading across the Hudson River to North Jersey to watch Brazil play Morocco. About 1.2 million soccer fans were expected to

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