Public Transport Issues

Mikie Sherrill says taxpayers should not carry burden Costs at World Cup have come under increased scrutiny New Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, has hit out at Fifa after reports her state’s transport system will charge $100 for a return ticket to World Cup matches this summer. New Jersey Transit lists the price for a round-trip ticket from New York’s Penn Station to MetLife Stadium, which will host eight World Cup matches this summer, including the final, as $12.90. The new pricing, reported by The Athletic earlier this week, puts the return ticket at more than $100 with no reductions for children, seniors or people with disabilities. NJ Transit told Fox 5 New York that the price has not been finalized. A decision is expected in the coming days.

THE WORLD CUP public transport row has exploded further - with Fifa now blamed for the stratospheric prices in some cities. Transport bosses in Boston were slammed when it emerged the usual £20 train from the city to the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough - where Scotland play Haiti and Morocco and England face Ghana -...