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Is a $150 train ticket really the answer to New Jersey's woes?
In less than two months, the United States will host the largest sporting event on earth.
The 2026 World Cup is expected to bring more than 7 million fans to stadiums across North America, and the New York-New Jersey host committee projects more than 1.2 million visitors and $3.3 billion in economic impact for the region alone.
To accommodate these visitors, New Jersey is reportedly planning to increase the round-trip ride from Penn Station to MetLife Stadium to $150 for World Cup match days. The ride normally costs $12.90.
The Garden State says the price hike is required to keep residents from bearing the cost of the tournament. But New Jersey won’t exempt commuters from the surge pricing, and plans to restrict certain heavily-trafficked boarding areas on match days.
The result is a mess of inconvenience that makes the World Cup fare hike look less like necessity and more like gouging. If New Jersey was really concerned about not burdening its residents, they wouldn’t shove these riders aside.
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Santiago Vidal Calvo is a Cities policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute.