2021年8月14日，波士顿罗克斯伯里汽车站的一辆公交车。摄影：Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images 城市起诉交通部取消包含电动汽车充电资金的拨款决定 波士顿已就撤回一项用于基础设施改善的2000万美元拨款，起诉唐纳德·特朗普政府，这是全美各地城市动员起来对抗联邦政府的最新例证。
A bus at the Roxbury bus station in Boston on 14 August 2021. Photograph: Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images City challenges transportation department’s decision to cancel funding that included money for EV charging Boston has sued Donald Trump’s administration over the withdrawal of a $20m grant for infrastructure improvements in the latest example of cities across the country mobilising against the federal government.
波士顿正在质疑交通部取消一项项目资金的决定，理由是该项目包含一小笔电动汽车充电设施拨款。
Boston is challenging a decision by the transportation department to cancel funding for a project on the basis that it included a small allocation for electric vehicle charging.
该拨款是在民主党人乔·拜登总统任内，根据“重建美国基础设施：可持续性与公平”（RAISE）计划授予波士顿的。
The grant was awarded to Boston during Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency under the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (Raise) programme.
该市辩称，“罗克斯伯里韧性走廊”项目将改善安全、公共交通、无障碍通行和交通流量。确定需改善的三条街道，其交通伤亡集中度位列波士顿街道前3%。它们位于交通部认定的“长期贫困”地区和“历史上处于劣势的社区”。
The city argues the Roxbury Resilient Corridors project would improve safety, public transport, accessibility and traffic flow. Three streets identified for improvements are in the top 3% of Boston’s streets in terms of concentration of traffic injuries and fatalities. They are in an area classified by the transportation department as one of “persistent poverty” and a “historically disadvantaged community”.
波士顿表示，交通部于去年9月撤回拨款仅给出一个理由：项目包含电动汽车充电基础设施。然而，该市主张这部分成本不足项目总成本的1%。
Boston says the department gave a single reason for withdrawing the grant in September last year: it included electric vehicle charging infrastructure. However, the city contends this accounted for less than 1% of the project’s costs.
起诉书称，该决定违法且公然带有政治动机，且与国会设立RAISE计划的初衷相悖，该计划旨在支持促进可持续性、安全性和技术创新的基础设施项目，包括在服务不足的社区。
Boston says the department gave a single reason for withdrawing the grant in September last year: it included electric vehicle charging infrastructure. However, the city contends this accounted for less than 1% of the project’s costs.
波士顿市长吴弭表示：“我们正在为每一美元投资而战，以改善罗克斯伯里居民、通勤者和企业的生活质量。”
The lawsuit argues that the decision was unlawful and overtly political and contradicted the purpose of the Raise programme, which Congress established to support infrastructure projects promoting sustainability, safety and technological innovation, including in underserved communities.
波士顿获得了这笔具有竞争力的拨款，用于满足社区需求并推进长期缺失的基础设施升级项目。波士顿市政府将继续坚决抵制联邦政府的非法行为，并敦促法院撤销特朗普政府的非法决定，将这些关键资金重新拨付给罗克斯伯里地区。
Michelle Wu the mayor of Boston, said: “We’re fighting for every dollar of investment to improve quality of life for Roxbury residents, commuters, and businesses.
来自马萨诸塞州的民主党众议员阿亚娜·普雷斯利（Ayanna Pressley）表示：“这些资金对罗克斯伯里地区的建设至关重要；而特朗普政府非法撤销这笔拨款的行为，进一步证明了肖恩·达菲（Sean Duffy）和唐纳德·特朗普对我们所服务民众的漠视。”她补充说：“撤销这笔拨款毫无正当理由；交通部（DOT）应当改变其决定，让我们能够继续推进这些项目，改善通勤者的生活质量，并提升那些处于风险中的社区的抵御自然灾害的能力——这正是国会的初衷。”
“Boston earned this competitive grant to meet community needs and address long-needed infrastructure upgrades. The City of Boston will continue to fight back against lawless federal attacks, and we urge the court to reverse the Trump administration’s illegal actions and restore these critical funds for Roxbury.” Democratic congresswoman Ayanna Pressley whose Massachusetts district includes Roxbury, said: “These funds are an essential investment in Roxbury and the unlawful cancellation of this grant is more evidence of Sean Duffy and Donald Trump’s contempt for the people we serve.”
诉讼指出，联邦政府无权擅自更改国会制定的项目条款，更不能根据政治立场的变化来调整拨款标准。这起名为“波士顿市政府诉肖恩·达菲案”（City of Boston v. Duffy）的诉讼已提交至马萨诸塞州地方法院。
She added: “There was no good reason to rescind these funds – DOT should reverse course so we can move this project forward, improve the daily lives of commuters, and enhance the climate resilience of at-risk communities—just as Congress intended.” The lawsuit argues that federal agencies cannot change the terms of a programme established by Congress to reflect changing political priorities. The case, City of Boston v Duffy, names transportation secretary Sean Duffy and was filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
波士顿市政府表示，一旦最新的诉讼完成，他们将总共对特朗普政府提起九起诉讼，其中八起诉讼将由“公共权利项目”（Public Rights Project）与波士顿市政府共同发起。
Boston city says it will have filed nine lawsuits against the administration once the latest case is included, eight of them in partnership with the Public Rights Project.
“公共权利项目”的诉讼主管托比·梅里尔（Toby Merrill）表示：“波士顿因电动汽车充电设施项目失去了2000万美元的拨款，而这笔拨款仅占整个项目资金的1%而已；事实上，联邦政府本身还曾鼓励各地建设此类基础设施。自特朗普执政以来，包括芝加哥、纽约、洛杉矶在内的多个城市以及美国各地的州政府，都因联邦政府的拨款决策及其他政策问题提起了多起诉讼。”
Toby Merrill litigation director at the Public Rights Project, which is providing pro bono legal counsel to Boston, said: “Boston lost a $20m infrastructure grant over electric vehicle chargers that represented a fraction of 1% of the funding – infrastructure the federal government itself encouraged.” Cities including Chicago, New York and Los Angeles and states across the US have brought a series of lawsuits against the administration over federal funding decisions and other policies since Trump returned to the White House.