{"id":255620,"date":"2026-06-04T20:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255620\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:21:11","slug":"nyc-to-implement-gridlock-alert-days-during-world-cup-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255620\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC to implement gridlock alert days during World Cup matches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ZohranNEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 27: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at Staten Island University Hospital Community Park on April 27, 2026 in New York City. Mayor Mamdani was joined by Gov. Kathy Hochul, government officials and members of the New York New Jersey FIFA World Cup 2026 Host Committee as they announced NYC will be hosting five free World Cup viewing parties in various parts of NYC. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images) Getty Images <\/p>\n

N.Y. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is declaring each FIFA World Cup match day in New Jersey a \u201cgridlock alert day,\u201d which \u201curges people to take subways, walk or bike rather than drive in Manhattan.\u201d The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the city\u2019s transit network, will \u201crun additional subway trains to accommodate the increased ridership\u201d to and from MetLife Stadium<\/a>. There will be \u201cno truck deliveries allowed between 60th Street and 30th Street\u201d on the eight game days beginning June 13 \u201csix hours before the match and three hours after.\u201d On 42nd Street, only \u201cFIFA shuttle buses, MTA buses<\/a> and emergency vehicles will be allowed.\u201d Mamdani said, \u201cWe know how to put on big events.\u201d City officials have \u201cbeen preparing to accommodate the anticipated surge.\u201d Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mamdani are \u201casking those in the city to be patient with crowds, security lines and more vehicles on the road\u201d (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 6\/4<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 27: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[20743,9,56,63,65,64,400,14771],"class_list":["post-255620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-fan-experience","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-soccer","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}