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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes
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1 _2 \, M* M5 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.
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; c/ z; c* g% S( d' l0 L+ {" a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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/ K& J; ]9 ^* X/ X5 J: a& W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.7 d! e& y9 P) C. 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.
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# Z& |! S/ @% b* E& z+ I, c+ s% 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.”6 B& R3 `! b% v8 Q
% ?$ s% P: X9 T4 @7 M# gPower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).* P. S+ h1 F: V' i3 S
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$ G5 M+ @7 S0 R( B3 K# A- V摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日6 ^* G5 ^5 z$ u% N: S
( u+ R8 Q4 Y- r- b1 P) j2 }4 XStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.. h" N0 d8 f: f" j5 ]
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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.
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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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' Y+ J- q4 D/ U8 i1 |/ W3 Z"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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l( Q) u: n3 R6 \. _/ e" A( QPower 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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