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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., X$ W0 }8 J3 W; |# u, x9 r
( l9 r( b l9 B$ r3 }8 J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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2 p& R- Y- k; p5 A! l- [: ^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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" y; d7 L+ ~) H- X7 ~* ^" W6 ~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) E+ c7 R7 _# v X
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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.( p2 j$ P7 o9 Q" n7 b1 U
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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).
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% P# b. s* z! ?7 P摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日& j( B" R* r$ R( q4 Y5 K3 }
8 j4 I9 S. e' Q" d1 ^! ]" hStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term., A1 y- f0 V: T1 z" ?2 U
, V" h' |7 Y& B& k" u/ f% GA 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.+ j* J P* z0 u# N1 L
: g, F. w* m2 {) T& }* G- g' NThe 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.2 z( ]9 [: K1 N* Y: n0 T9 }2 E
2 O1 X7 f3 T2 D% I6 ~"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 $75 for four months, it's about one round trip a week."
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& m1 U5 s# S$ B EPower 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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