World Cup leaves Brazil costly stadiums, poor public transport

A boy rides his bicycle along a street painted with the Brazilian flag and national colours, at the Turano slum in Rio de Janeiro June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

BRASILIA (Reuters) - When the final whistle blows at the World Cup, Brazilians will be left with some of the world's costliest football stadiums and few of the public transport improvements they were promised.

Long-overdue airport upgrades have been made just in time for the World Cup which starts on June 12 but many of the longer-term investments in rapid transit systems in Brazil's main cities have been delayed or scrapped.