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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes4 I- D5 X4 D+ i4 V }0 R
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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.0 B; f' L7 p' w( a/ P. z) ]; D7 j5 C
& D$ X4 I0 a$ C+ f& H# t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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6 U' y1 t6 ^7 ^$ {4 q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.( |1 d$ z7 ]2 u. L. F% X3 r
. {' i5 ]/ X' x, g4 ]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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& ^ b) M# s+ s% O6 E. b“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.”4 N( l6 r4 v/ O6 W
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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.4 V7 U7 E# g* m2 A
' a2 k( Z! T9 ^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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摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日! l* K. p0 [% w0 ]: I& p- q
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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.+ {% ~) p' [5 p4 Q0 ~, B
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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.& O. e6 P2 F: L/ ]. p. W
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The U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County. m( P8 r% |: i% z' w
" ~0 {0 \- k( F, S" |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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"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.") x, J6 m3 K7 R2 u
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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.2 ?4 j8 |5 P) _" D2 L" w/ T
8 _5 b" y* e1 R: j4 T" T4 ?2 ISeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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