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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes$ S m+ g k5 o0 |1 W& _2 t7 {) ^$ z
$ Q1 X0 W. z4 D* d+ iAlberta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.2 L' T* z- l, j5 Y9 B% d
& W8 [9 W+ q; D, t" i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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! A7 n+ ^1 j! ` n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.( M/ |; O/ J; ^5 ]' K
* \* C, T* ?- E, w$ _- K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.4 K4 c& j% r, m3 x0 z. d# Y
+ D1 h0 Y+ z1 R! V, @: u6 ~“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.”0 a; `+ L- s$ V v C5 h& C! H
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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.
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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). s n$ y* v0 V# S$ s8 O" A& L
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! s: v8 }1 J4 E3 b摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日
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5 K3 Z/ R& z' ^Students at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term. z: P, i& S4 v4 H
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A vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.% z! P9 W0 G& z4 b4 F, R
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The U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.2 e0 j$ f; W8 @! J/ Z1 k
M4 q) q8 `+ WGetting 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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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 $300 a year when the new pass kicks in next fall.2 M+ q' ~- i& d; {+ B
' z$ ^+ k2 B1 [- T) XSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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