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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes
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a. c! |. Z% s6 `. c' ZAlberta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.$ _9 R! g& N7 v
8 b" ^1 N7 Y9 b. _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./ O- {( Q9 I8 Z9 i" I. I
' @, |( p* p+ @# ]& s0 ~/ U& s: V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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4 \/ A, L; k7 `# u“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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x( |' ~0 I4 ]- P) M5 uPower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).
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6 h4 r: y4 m/ k/ D9 M摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日# z0 l# J+ |; w* d, V$ @8 [
- v5 T. T# V: X4 g) T" z/ aStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.
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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.
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/ \8 r9 `( C5 ~5 z W5 w! j% _The U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.
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2 a6 v5 k- i1 v, E+ GGetting 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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* G# C& @ h4 V* h# y: K"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."( `% ]8 r3 Z; X8 u2 Y
3 m- {' T' X s+ {0 [% B/ OPower 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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- K q% s# G4 L% S6 n# WSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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