“The system was just never anticipated to try to move millions of people in the course of the day,” Cutler said, predicting tough travel conditions for several more hours.

The festivities at Citizens Bank Park are just wrapping up, which means roughly a 100,000 people will have to be moved out of South Philly.

“I’m waiting for the crowds to start to come out of the stadium, which will cause chaos in slowing down the system again,” Cutler said.

After three full trains passed by, they got fed up.

“So we got in the car,” Avon said. “We had no issue driving in and parking.”

Their story was not unusual at the parade today, where many fans talked about long waits for trains – or getting stuck without being able to board. Over in New Jersey, some fans gave up waiting for PATCO trains and walked over the Ben Franklin Bridge.

According to SEPTA spokesman Richard Maloney, the region’s public transit system was just completely overwhelmed by the number of people.

“It was historic,” Maloney said. “Starting about 7:30 they just came in hordes. We are running every possible vehicle we have and we’re running every vehicle we have as many times we can.”

At 1 p.m, SEPTA halted all inbound Regional Rail trains to the city so they would have all their trains available to take people out of town. They also are not running the Broad Street Line south of the Vine Street stop, again to try and keep more trains available to take people north, away from the parade site.

Maloney said SEPTA still has a big task ahead.

“The worst is yet to come. Getting everybody out of here is going to be a monumental task,” he said.

Now cops are trying regain control. Police on horseback are trying to push the crowd back.

Fans are climbing anything they can for a better view -- trees and news stands and bus stops.  At Broad and Carpenter two young men clung to tree branches while teetering on top of a chain link fence.

This party is going to go on for a long time...

David and Rene McKeighan, of West Chester, brought their ten-year-old son Kevin.

"We called him in sick today with Phillies fever," Rene said.

According to Chris Brennan, who is riding the media bus in the parade, there are eight floats, with the Phanatic, ball girls and broadcasters first, followed by the World Series trophy, then three floats for players and the Phillies staff. Pat Burrell is riding atop a Budweiser wagon hauled by eight Clydesdale horses.

The parade couldn't kick off right at noon, because the start point was so choked by fans. Cops frantically worked to clear the course. But they did eventually take off and started rolling past City Hall at about 12:30 p.m.

Over at City Hall, the frantic crowds stretch for blocks. While things mostly seem calm, there is plenty of beer drinking and pot smoking going on, so cops will have to keep an eye on the mood. It also looks like lots of fans plan to follow the parade down to the stadiums, so that will be a crazy scene too.

"Like James Brown -- I feel good," said Nutter, who was wearing a Phillies jacket.

Nutter said he just wants Philadelphians to have some good, clean fun today, saying he hopes "that everybody has a great time, that folks enjoy it, that they feel better about themselves."

Nutter was joined by wife Lisa, who was carrying a red feather boa, presumably destined to be part of her celebratory ensemble.

SEPTA's Regional Rail trains are running more than a half hour behind schedule. And we just heard from Daily News reporter Jason Nark that there's a two-hour wait at his PATCO station in Lindenwald, NJ. So he's walking over the bridge.

Jennifer Lucas, 31, of Lafayette Hill, Pa. told us she didn't want to deal with traveling this morning. So Lucas, her husband and their two young sons stayed at the Sheraton in Center City last night.

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