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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes1 H% I+ s4 T" S5 R& m
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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.: c M# d3 p# l& W- k& s4 V% A
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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.9 C8 X0 G- p t, q
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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.
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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.6 x S6 ~3 V8 K# c i1 X
' O9 m# a3 V& R7 ?“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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" `/ ]3 K" \* z& [* ^5 V& ]: {# NPower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)./ \& a& `5 M! h. y" p2 u
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: H6 E9 C: v3 p. g4 K摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日
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. f6 P2 l! r# T1 T) j2 i/ B$ v$ N9 PStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.# n8 L( R: [9 S. R) x, Q7 P
' Q& W8 h2 @) tA 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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0 M4 u- L) z- x, r1 B6 W3 U" v"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."+ e4 x( v! f9 w
m; B' g9 L3 X+ D0 f( ?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.0 ~0 R3 e; p1 I# ~. a4 S7 y7 R
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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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