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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes. o9 h5 I+ _0 l, v$ K5 z
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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.' U9 Y. b5 u8 e& k- F" ?+ n
5 ~1 d9 P* |0 t7 G: Y8 y& k+ G# h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.
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5 f: J$ c& }4 T% t& A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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& @. @# W4 i. ?0 \* \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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“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.”) m- P4 M$ }8 j ?$ F% e
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Power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." u& d2 `% V' z" V3 V* V
) z, O T" |' j" A: 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).# Z a5 f& D R
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摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日
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5 n q1 Y- v; tStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.6 P5 Z! W; |( `
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A vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.
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The U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.7 ? N% g( ?1 u# `& p8 O: ~
0 t$ ]% L6 h$ ^' \1 xGetting 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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"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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7 h' h+ f- i5 X4 A% P" _. PPower 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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' g8 y4 ~1 S/ ^/ |( uSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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