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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes$ u1 X2 p0 g! I" p: \+ Y
- L( N9 L; I3 g" Z3 W1 XAlberta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.6 S, S2 S+ P! D% L/ t6 h! Z a
% a4 U: A0 r$ D) c7 \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.' d- B' |% J. n! u# d/ O
/ i. r# ^& Y4 u- b. W3 z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.
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" Y) Q+ x% I( Y% @4 t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.
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& K5 w0 g+ o5 D" y$ r" m9 z% }: W“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.”7 }4 a* U4 l7 ^- O( B
' W6 X2 o$ p8 I0 G0 WPower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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+ j5 U D+ i& R- L$ e4 w$ _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).; M% n0 h8 Y" r+ V
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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 $75 every term.
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: a# S0 X4 A# d2 X9 MA vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.& s; p0 h3 s5 |. @. S6 G. Y- {- @ i
m0 m/ Q8 Q3 g) y3 T" W" mThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.# N/ _; a- A; B& v* K2 K! w
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Getting to this point took five years of debate and negotiations, said U of A student union president Samantha Power on Friday.
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" H: @* r/ ]$ E"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 $75 for four months, it's about one round trip a week."
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; B+ K" l8 C+ ?+ m$ O+ H3 bPower 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.
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# f! [2 w/ q) F/ g8 d, z9 xSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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