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! A, z, d; P8 }2 {7 o$ ?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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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.
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9 e& y7 b, F) W" K$ ?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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“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.”' s) P" p9 w( |6 @9 s1 N
0 v% {' o! w4 R) @( \4 RPower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).2 j+ A( ^( X3 D
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摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日
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. p o- T3 b+ M6 v! E7 m) I; c5 {Students at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.$ r5 f5 J# Z, e, B4 Q
) G2 P1 s& j* G0 ?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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c/ t6 I' \ G$ h) V( e oGetting to this point took five years of debate and negotiations, said U of A student union president Samantha Power on Friday.+ N/ G! ?2 s% |6 w, H
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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."' U6 v6 T0 [9 i9 I4 [% G
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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 $300 a year when the new pass kicks in next fall.
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2 i( d. Q4 [. T) P$ n9 fSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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