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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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7 R& K7 ~+ f6 Y- a7 n9 H* O+ Z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./ S( h# c7 S: q: q
% X5 w% n" Y7 T0 M6 p# ]% F9 v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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' @" G- W4 e6 k f9 z- t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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( H2 H7 I( S9 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.”
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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.* m4 Y7 A' ]7 Z
% E( \6 p0 m0 D% }& x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)." G' U) `. g! n: O
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* ?( a9 m, s+ H3 T6 z( Z2 u8 b, Z摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日; k6 D* D! `3 J( y+ T- S I- }0 a' f
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Students at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.2 L" R: R$ Y. i; y# o& w4 O
5 j5 M; q7 M. S* |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.3 R$ ], b6 w6 f+ Q2 L: }8 n$ y/ n
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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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"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."* K4 w# G3 ~) Z+ O! A& s2 }2 f# o
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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.8 b B* ^/ \+ |. v
( _0 l Q. f. z2 C, S8 ^& wSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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