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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes
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; M( c1 j# i, M7 V1 H+ Z }" yAlberta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.0 C4 m( }5 j/ {1 d
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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.! F4 c% t' V. N& T- I; G9 R3 p
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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.! D" V# q& X, z' r/ O* v2 x: p
# X& E, P; d2 E0 y“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.0 \0 C }+ b3 K' T. V7 J: X a
4 u$ s" X1 B9 L. p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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! S' a4 s1 e' U, E+ M$ H: B6 B摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日. d- a1 ^5 }; k" W
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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.
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5 P5 U- l n& [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.& L, h; k' F3 }5 Z E
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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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# w6 G# \' D! K5 \"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 $75 for four months, it's about one round trip a week."
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: {2 n. B: l$ |) l' B3 r( y; VPower 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.! S9 P' q7 R/ b# ?0 Y
5 L: z) z8 m+ i& OSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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