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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes
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Alberta大学学生经过投票赞同实用强制性的公车通行卡, 这一举动将使得学生们每学期额外花费75加元.3 W8 D5 ?% _- z$ [
: o( V8 F& ]( ]' c+ U5 o本周早些时候举行的投票中, 84%的学生赞成使用这种通行卡, 这种通行卡对于所有学生将是强制性购买的, 无论其是否使用公共交通.3 ^! Q8 e8 o: f8 W, T! X2 v
/ m1 h; r" o+ W5 A) I: v6 D& g持这种U-pass通行卡的学生可以在Edmonton, Saint Albert和Strathcona County地区无限制地乘坐公交车.4 D9 B: ?) a# u3 Z3 c
; }6 {+ \, g0 G2 U据Alberta大学的学生会会长Samantha Power周五说, 对此问题的争论和商议, 大约花费了5年的时间才使大家达成共识.* o" V! B: _& t$ Y! c5 n
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“由于这是强制性的,所以我们的确需要确认这是学生们可以承受的. 我们不想让那些不常使用公交车的学生处在不利的地位, 所以选定了75加元使用四个月, 这大约是每周乘坐一个往返的费用.”1 H, t: l* J. b0 y8 O+ o1 ?3 l+ c
# F3 T) T! [4 G$ L9 m$ mPower说这种U-Pass卡将从环保角度友情鼓励更多的学生使用公交系统, 这种新卡将在下一个秋天正式起用, 并且对于现在已经购买月卡的人来说, 每年将会节省约300加元.
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目前已经有几个加拿大的城市建立了U-Pass卡系统, 为高中以上的学生提供服务, 包括Victoria(维多利亚), Vancouver(温哥华),以及Calgary(卡尔加里)., [4 J8 H) b \. z, C
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4 e9 d6 j* F: r( K- S: _# h( j a摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日
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Students at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.) d9 x; C+ l3 W% d0 c9 y1 j
% `( o+ p4 r! P; v5 eA vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.
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The U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.. c8 M1 y/ h' F# o, e3 L$ P3 t' [
1 Q5 W( ~, k9 d2 n: [+ ?( O3 rGetting to this point took five years of debate and negotiations, said U of A student union president Samantha Power on Friday.( R( G/ c% j& \2 X! ^
. A7 C5 q# [0 [2 J* c# `1 y"We really needed to make sure that it was affordable for students because it's mandatory. We didn't want students who don't use transit as often to be put at a disadvantage, so at $75 for four months, it's about one round trip a week."1 G& y+ _1 c* F! k2 I
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Power said the U-Pass will be environmentally friendly by encouraging more students to use transit, and those who already buy monthly passes will save about $300 a year when the new pass kicks in next fall.! e/ i! Q; J) r! B1 K/ t
6 g4 Z5 b: w) h6 `Several cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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