爱民屯目前运行的无轨电车即将退役

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爱民屯目前运行的无轨电车即将退役
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在默默无闻地为爱民屯市民服务了70年后，市内无轨电车将整体退役，日前，市议会已作出决定。

2 B* F3 Z( B5 E; B$ ?本周三，市议会以7:6投票同意在2010年以前，将用油电混合巴士或柴油动力巴士来取代目前正在运营的47辆无轨电车。
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2 k9 k: D( Q6 ?& m无轨电车只占爱民屯市公共交通的很小一部分，他们主要在市中心运行。其支持者一直为它们辩护说，宁静、无尾气排放的巴士更具有邻里友好的优点。
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但市政府官员却认为，如果同样运营18年，无轨电车的购买成本和维护费用将比新的柴油和混合动力巴士多1亿加元。
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为同一群人，提供同样的服务，却要多花费1亿加元。这事听起来就不靠谱。市长史蒂芬曼德尔说。

3 [, J( P1 L2 ~2 N市长说，市政府节省下来的钱将为乘客更好的服务。
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- M; d- V/ k$ e  x( I# P但有的议员却认为，油电混合并不是一种可靠的技术。
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“在未来10年内，如果柴油价格和石油价格大幅上涨的话，我们可能会后悔今天的这个决定。我认为在一些城市老区，我们正打算建高楼和步行街，这样一来，宁静、无尾气排放的巴士就更符合我们的需要。

, a# i! ^4 E3 w7 K爱民屯无轨电车的运营始于1939年。但自90年代以来，是否取消它们的运营资格，就一直辩论不休。最近期的投票是在2004年，议员投票赞成，保持设备直至今年，然后对替代品进行评估。
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在加拿大，除了爱民屯，温哥华是唯一仍然使用无轨电车的城市。

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End of the line for Edmonton's trolleys

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After gliding quietly along Edmonton streets for 70 years, the city's fleet of trolley buses will be taken off the road for good, city council has decided.

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CBC News

By a vote of 7-6 Wednesday, councillors agreed to replace the fleet of 47 electrically-powered buses with hybrid or diesel-powered vehicles by 2010.
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$ U5 K+ r" V1 D+ O9 u3 y% w3 ZThe trolleys, which make up a tiny portion of the transit fleet, operate on a handful of routes in the centre of the city. Their supporters have long argued the quiet, exhaust-free buses are more neighbourhood friendly.
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But city officials say the cost of buying and maintaining the trolleys is $100 million more over 18 years than the cost of switching to new diesel and hybrid buses.

2 M2 s" S# t( ~, K8 B"It makes very little sense to spend $100 million to deliver the same service for the same people," said Mayor Stephen Mandel.
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"It's just an increased cost of $100 million. In my mind, you cannot justify that."
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8 M2 X. a. H! TThe mayor said the money the city will save would be better spent on giving riders improved service.

Hybrids not reliable technology: councillor
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# \6 `% K3 {6 e3 PBut the naysayers said diesel and hybrid buses aren't a sure bet.
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"The hybrids... [are] not a reliable technology," said Coun. Karen Liebovici. "We know those costs are going to be increasing a lot more in the coming years."
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Coun. Don Iveson also voted against the move.
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/ ]" H1 N+ ]/ b+ y"In 10 years if diesel prices and oil prices do what a lot of geologists and economists are concerned they might ... we might regret this decision. And I think [in] some of the mature areas of the city, where we are trying to build density and build walkable areas, we'll miss having the clean quiet buses running down their streets."
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' y( [2 I8 \' M( s( LEdmonton's trolleys have been in use since 1939 and the debate over their use has come up repeatedly since the 1990s. The most recent vote was in 2004, when councillors voted to keep the equipment until this year while alternatives were being evaluated.

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1亿加元/18/47=11万/辆.年。这还是多出来的成本。效用之低，成本之高，足见此社会发展和政府管理水平之低。