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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes( g/ o) n, e) `+ G4 q; l
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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.5 F/ w# `6 F6 w+ _8 k. K! f4 _; M8 K/ F
! X6 E7 K' {+ S* g+ M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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. |9 j* j3 s* E) n" q8 ?. r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.0 I4 K2 p4 g# N8 p
: p- n$ R6 Q$ a# z! d) @/ {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., [4 {* E0 g3 ?$ n! \. c
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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.”
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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.: x+ _: ]; {* P% t5 p: z4 N
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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).: O' y2 y x2 v. c$ D
6 Z& T% b& r, e& J0 B---------------原文如下----------------
' j( d4 K0 n5 I# ]3 i S: M摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日8 F( x, p1 ?% _
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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 $75 every term.8 @& g& l7 e' o2 M8 R; Z1 S
8 Z; E0 G2 _$ @+ n& pA 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.$ A9 O9 B P3 f3 f
+ E4 t% k! H7 HThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.& e% R6 F7 L8 S( y
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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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# r; f4 }% B( z8 R! i: N+ W" S"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.": @% p( p9 E7 ^3 J
$ L/ j' }& ?" W0 U- z, _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.
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' g8 x" I9 T7 n) dSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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