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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes
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$ V }9 W s% h2 v' RAlberta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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, {8 t/ k g: [/ U. _. k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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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.9 h9 a4 B0 f7 l& m
# ~5 A w/ V3 P“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.” a: U& z o/ K. P
$ ^2 _; Z8 P) t) {- ]* ?3 CPower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.9 A9 ~7 b# [3 f, T( b& k
6 i9 @4 T* p) G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2 Z6 l" b" D, M1 i+ S
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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 $75 every term.
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. N' ?) V/ |% K3 eA vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.- h# K6 ?& x5 J$ @" t
4 Q7 P' d, {4 i/ n, BThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.
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7 Y( }' m; T7 p" w* [6 B. H kGetting to this point took five years of debate and negotiations, said U of A student union president Samantha Power on Friday.) l' T' j2 K8 P7 [- v" M1 I1 X( S
2 G% I. `( }' l4 {"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."% q# N0 ~6 g' r7 l2 y
6 m* I8 s/ |0 G1 j. }+ ^# k( R7 o! a( 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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5 ^3 o7 n# l# f# w5 nSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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