The World Cup is showing us that ANOTHER way to commute within New Jersey IS POSSIBLE!

The World Cup is revealing something New Jersey has long insisted was impossible: we can move people by public transit to places other than Midtown Manhattan. After the first match at NJNY (formerly MetLife) Stadium, 21,000 people cleared the site within 90 minutes. Yes, there were snafus—but the larger point stands. With coordination and political will, New Jersey can move people across the state without defaulting to the car.

So the real question isn’t technical—it’s political. Will this moment catalyze a robust intrastate transit system, or will suburbia remain sealed in its car, inching toward Red Bull Arena in Harrison and the Shore’s beach towns?

At Auto Asphyxiation, we also refer to Henri Lefebvre's idea that Space is a Means of Production and therefore a location for power. To be explicit: Will New Jersey continue to organize its landscape around the gravitational pull of Wall Street, or will it finally recognize what has just been demonstrated in plain sight—that a New Jersey structured around public transit, walking, and bicycling is not utopian; it IS totally possible.