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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes1 G+ r; m$ y3 o9 o" M/ X0 Q1 V
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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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7 e7 A2 B! B; ]& u1 |6 d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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3 r4 y6 A4 p5 d2 g4 J( p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.2 {! Q0 H5 ^2 |1 v/ h
" Y2 o j' H! E5 D, g: P" 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.
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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.”! A! U2 P8 f8 C1 ~. \/ M1 U
# L3 g: [- I! ]: mPower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.4 w( C; h9 O( B# E$ b
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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).* ^. w- x3 {8 o# l- a. G/ ?/ @
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) E' g* t8 I! N6 k& _' T摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日
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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.( G' H9 \4 b( k7 @& H# v: h/ N5 Q4 p
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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./ i0 N: e, i7 ]: u2 h4 d# q0 M
. A# D2 }% X8 s! k7 @; @/ r7 RThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.
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, k# W* l- I) p/ f8 L4 UGetting to this point took five years of debate and negotiations, said U of A student union president Samantha Power on Friday./ Z' k7 t2 }/ f. D* l% v: q
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"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 $75 for four months, it's about one round trip a week."2 x) A- e0 g1 f+ w% Q5 i/ N) c7 k
5 K$ }4 N/ W3 QPower 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.0 i. x! R/ f7 }; u
1 M6 H+ X% ^, Z2 S5 k0 ?7 m1 c' ]Several cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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