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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes: F3 }# t! s5 ?& x* t3 o _& @
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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.
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4 e& I9 \% ?* x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.5 S* l2 q4 Q: l' P0 d
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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.1 T, ]. P1 o, b# n( e, [% d' u3 y) t
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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.% i; |' Q* S# f% t5 ~
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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.”; ? x' l' M+ W/ Y/ |
8 m7 a. l3 w" E! ~+ R& d2 APower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. r8 }2 k6 A1 W' P" a6 d6 n
$ \ U+ y* G6 N& q# i. K3 z: y* v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).
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! e0 F3 Q o! H* s---------------原文如下----------------
) T5 u" b; f! p2 l% _! C! t. S+ {% f摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日8 H$ u) {. a6 O. R
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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 $75 every term.
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A vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.
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7 B* k- k+ d0 W8 zThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.3 ^: y8 ~' C$ Q+ E) b* v
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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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) x, E( ]( {. ^: W8 I. W5 R" r"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."0 k1 L- M% A! J. u5 R9 D T
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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.
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Several cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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