Nation's 市長s call for more 連邦の transportation 基金ing

BOSTON (AP) ― The nation's 市長s are calling on 議会 to 増加する transportation 基金ing ーするために keep roads and 橋(渡しをする)s in good 修理.

The call (機の)カム Monday during a 仕事 軍隊 会合 of the U.S. 会議/協議会 of 市長s in Boston.

Boston 市長 Marty Walsh said the city's 記録,記録的な/記録する-breaking 降雪 this winter ― which topped 9 feet ― shows the importance of 持続するing transportation 組織/基盤/下部構造 in 都市の 中心s.

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges addresses members of the media during an availability after a U.S. Conference of Mayor's Cities of Opportunity Task Force sess...

Minneapolis 市長 Betsy Hodges 演説(する)/住所s members of the マスコミ during an availability after a U.S. 会議/協議会 of 市長's Citi es of 適切な時期 仕事 軍隊 開会/開廷/会期 at historic Faneuil Hall Monday, March 23, 2015, in Boston. Boston 市長 Marty Walsh, left, looks on as New York City 市長 法案 de Blasio 会談 with a 同僚. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

New York 市長 法案 de Blasio said 議会 needs to do more than just 持続する 存在するing 基金ing for the 法案, which he said has been 沈滞した for more than a dozen years.

De Blasio said cities would さもなければ 結局最後にはーなる 落ちるing behind given インフレーション and 増加するd 需要・要求する on transportation systems.

During the 会合, the 市長s held a 秘密会議 with Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth 過密な住居, who they said spoke about income 不平等.

The 市長s said they also heard from the U.S. Department of Transportation 副 長官 勝利者 Mendez on prospects for the reauthorization of the 連邦の surface transportation 法案.

The 市長s said the call for transportation 基金ing is bipartisan because they all 直面する 類似の 肉親,親類d of 組織/基盤/下部構造 challenges and the need for 連邦の 援助.

"Whether you're a Democratic 市長 or a 共和国の/共和党の 市長, the conversations are the same," said Walsh, a 民主党員.

Walsh and de Blasio were joined at the 会合 by other 地方自治体の leaders, 含むing Baltimore 市長 Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Seattle 市長 Ed Murray, Minneapolis 市長 Betsy Hodges and 市長s from around Massachusetts.


New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio addresses members of the media as Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, center, and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, left, talk during a media...

New York City 市長 法案 de Blasio 演説(する)/住所s members of the マスコミ as Boston 市長 Marty Walsh, 中心, and Seattle 市長 Ed Murray, left, talk during a マスコミ availability after a U.S. 会議/協議会 of 市長's Cities of 適切な時期 仕事 軍隊 開会/開廷/会期 at historic Faneuil Hall Monday, March 23, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Standing beneath a bust of founding father John Adams, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio addresses members of the media during an availability after a U.S. ...

Standing beneath a 破産した/(警察が)手入れする of 設立するing father John Adams, New York City 市長 法案 de Blasio 演説(する)/住所s members of the マスコミ during an availability after a U.S. 会議/協議会 of 市長's Cities of 適切な時期 仕事 軍隊 開会/開廷/会期 at historic Faneuil Hall Monday, March 23, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio smiles and places his hands on Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's shoulders after Walsh was asked by a member of the New York medi...

New York City 市長 法案 de Blasio smiles and places his 手渡すs on Boston 市長 Marty Walsh's shoulders after Walsh was asked by a member of the New York マスコミ how it felt to have de Blasio, a big Boston Red Sox fan, in town during a マスコミ availability after a U.S. 会議/協議会 of 市長's Cities of 適切な時期 仕事 軍隊 開会/開廷/会期 at historic Faneuil Hall Monday, March 23, 2015, in Boston. Walsh did his best to 避ける answering the question 説 he did not want to 原因(となる) problems for de Blasio 支援する in New York. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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