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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes. @8 n9 Z5 L: g1 J+ i; q* q; E$ 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.
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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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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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* F: K, h; S' \8 b& V0 u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.) O9 X. }' @1 b$ ]( P
% e5 i) B7 d. E( y4 J“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.”! n4 t3 W' Z( Z' p2 B
: D0 O4 B7 `. L$ O# M$ S( HPower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 N/ S$ O6 w! F# v摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日. _5 G* a$ n7 ]" L
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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 $75 every term.% n) D7 f3 a* ^ A$ r& l
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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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$ J ?- M, ~4 v$ P/ _3 H# S& `The U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.
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$ F. d- H6 |9 B$ Z: O' a9 {Getting to this point took five years of debate and negotiations, said U of A student union president Samantha Power on Friday.+ j( L% n w6 i
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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."
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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.
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* g- }) E2 ~+ x2 Q) ]+ wSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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