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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes
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) X F( M2 [% mAlberta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., P3 N) L3 Z+ _- z$ l. f, L6 K
' E& J3 X% d* R5 u' O* q' {* C8 L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.8 Q' j! E: v! h8 l( T+ T! Z# u
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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.9 m9 P" p( q# S! V: \
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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.
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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.”
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! Q+ `# s3 I1 D a) iPower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.& W3 \1 Y5 S; x. x
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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).0 y y, o4 _0 r! {8 R
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8 [ q5 ^; [2 q# j摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日/ D- X* B0 J& U Y
3 Z4 T- Z7 N Q" {. RStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term. S0 ^% ]/ _1 o" M
/ Y: l! P' }; ]. QA vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.
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; o4 s0 W/ d* nThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.$ u+ e4 F; [2 ]- U0 j' u+ E
2 L9 d8 B3 g1 P# z7 j/ E9 |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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/ I% I Y/ ?3 g# e( j5 C0 ~"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 $75 for four months, it's about one round trip a week."3 _: i; g. s% H% F. `$ p, a
% N+ e! u2 I7 LPower 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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Several cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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