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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.
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5 h& q, V% k6 A, y$ T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.) D8 ]+ {) |9 F2 d0 v% v, @9 U p
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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./ h/ Q; S1 S* L2 L" q4 C( t$ U! I
, w# Z3 s9 h+ Y% F2 [2 O8 d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.8 w: T* l6 s$ @/ A% n
' R* z! b. X; y' z“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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" r' F9 G4 K5 bPower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.2 r* y4 ^$ |6 F5 W4 c$ E
9 d* F0 b) t# ^9 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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摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日2 t( ?/ v7 @' h/ ^* n
9 D# Q+ ^8 R1 M c. c& S; mStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.7 q4 V J% a( H2 J9 ^1 @
2 B% E5 P9 c0 J5 BA 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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' h/ s @" |/ Y9 i) k9 WThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.
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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.1 j" ^4 l E# b5 p0 p, G
! K/ G6 }; f* [6 ~+ Q3 e1 U. 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."7 x1 R; @4 k: d" V
0 N2 R6 F% |" H3 CPower 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 $300 a year when the new pass kicks in next fall. @5 B: |$ c" p, l" N- w) R
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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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