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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes
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3 S5 C u* ~+ wAlberta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.8 |; S+ w7 I. A+ o8 r
1 Z R+ u: S0 p% u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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6 ^4 R: z/ j, x6 V& J3 ~1 R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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& \8 |4 f/ m! s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.+ U- V3 h8 ?2 b2 O7 T
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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.”
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2 N+ ]: B+ Q% r; O6 N. t3 j* TPower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).7 g8 w& t2 w$ ]1 e9 l& e7 J9 c% ~
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& C, w0 H! j* P) }& t摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日9 L- d3 J' [* F7 n: M: \
6 c5 ^ x9 M9 u( f, p: iStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.
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' E+ K# t7 p: i2 `1 }A vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.
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The U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.7 x2 R6 W8 C# }6 k" J) L
, ]8 r' K4 Y2 H$ I0 UGetting to this point took five years of debate and negotiations, said U of A student union president Samantha Power on Friday.0 J' R8 |, m e
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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."2 {& j8 Q0 j; h( X* t
/ @ s& Y* t+ G# KPower 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 $300 a year when the new pass kicks in next fall.% I' ?0 S( ?- ^/ Q' C9 Q$ N) `
( I1 o( X( {* ZSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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