In March 1962, a joint report on urban mass transportation was submitted to President Kennedy, at his request, by the secretary of commerce and the housing and home finance administrator (U.S. Congress, Senate, 1962).

In March 1962, a joint report on urban mass transportation was submitted to President Kennedy, at his request, by the secretary of commerce and the housing and home finance administrator (U.S. Congress, Senate, 1962).

①1962年3月、ケネディ大統領の指示（要請）により、商務長官と住宅・住宅金融庁長官は、都市公共交通に関する共同報告書を大統領に提出した(U.S. Congress, Senate, 1962)。

This report integrated the objectives for highways and mass transit, which were comparatively independent up to that point but growing closer through cooperative activities.

This report integrated the objectives for highways and mass transit, which were comparatively independent up to that point but growing closer through cooperative activities.

②この報告書は道路と公共交通の目標を統合したもので、両者（これら）はそれまで比較的に独立していたが、協力的な活動を通じて徐々に接近（密接）してつづあった。
※この報告書は、それまで比較的独立していた道路と公共交通の目標を統合したもので、（両者は）協力的な活動を通じて次第に接近（密接）してつづあった。
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