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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes3 D6 D% @, X. Y: t% u9 ?
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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.
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# p$ K8 q1 _, A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.& O4 c3 T# a: c( [5 o
6 ]+ ^/ _7 v# i+ x( [: j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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, I M: h; i% o( ~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+ U2 @1 D; Q+ H“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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$ a' z% r, P/ `4 A# ?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., `) w$ X( U( A; ]
( W8 S' o5 |' j! e+ u: j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).& E2 {7 t9 b3 \* z* d
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摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日4 M9 }2 O1 P/ H) Q
0 E. C0 S! s$ O/ o2 m# _5 v; I* qStudents 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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/ T. ^" ]8 F+ o: zA 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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2 K! L/ _, w2 w) L0 _* y5 cThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.( j4 R1 p- b. }) h& b9 L
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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.
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% \( R0 C& q; p3 a m"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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4 O+ ]* F+ x* O0 [( n5 s& X4 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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