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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes
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" Y# G+ O6 i# N8 ]6 z- \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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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.* Y# d7 ~# h7 m& p- d
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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.4 H3 c6 e. |+ c9 p
# |, D% C8 D9 k! j1 T) @- ~2 E3 F5 C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. u0 w2 O- O7 ]: D& o$ x$ {# D
: o4 V, Y: ]! }# ^9 V, c“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.”9 c/ C/ T9 d6 N0 ~. ?) n
* |; ?. q- z) p YPower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 x1 u* k. F2 R* a2 r( F---------------原文如下----------------
5 V G* V3 M6 w; B9 ]% R摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日# v. q8 S* Q* w2 Z2 i& V. c
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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.( ~1 v& y" q& j( T" e7 V
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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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The U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.
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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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( N8 D& P3 F( _9 Q( 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."2 ^8 u4 [2 T1 p1 l, h
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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." Z' F" h5 D9 M& U; b; o% r
$ \, [9 ]. U* {1 ^* x u2 u- T' d4 b- XSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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