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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes5 _' R" w6 i- y
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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.7 Z) g( d* c+ B& O
9 k. n8 ~" R8 k) @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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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.3 W2 B9 U9 R9 [) L8 w
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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.- W) O2 A Z6 J k4 R( F
6 }3 w' T) m* i4 G- w“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.”) a9 E- R4 x6 o& A, ^+ u
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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.7 S$ C2 d( T0 S9 A! c/ {. z$ a
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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).
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9 r( {& C5 L& m3 j2 ^5 A4 \摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日
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" |0 W3 V6 i1 u9 oStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.4 Z4 ?- J" ]- V- @
' Z3 z) L1 q, W- ]' J3 qA 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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3 }) g6 x& a7 j0 H, o3 m"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 $300 a year when the new pass kicks in next fall.1 W5 X7 t0 g) P7 V1 [
" y$ G3 U/ V3 w, U( m0 I" q) m3 cSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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