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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes
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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.4 H* _# @9 I* L) E, ^
9 s. |8 \. U6 K/ z' `" f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.0 p1 ]' t r# W
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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.7 ~% b7 @2 Z! C/ Q! `% _
3 z% W* A$ u3 O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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- z3 Z2 t& v& `, G' {“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. {4 Y8 l% u7 Z+ J2 t5 \' k
/ g' {; O( e: N% g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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) t6 |" F0 m; Q& I& G/ k摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日9 Z/ i7 H' p3 W0 J2 a3 K" s
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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 $75 every term.0 J& U$ U1 W) V" _( Y
! B( i, T& J( r: E7 M n" T! R( w+ UA 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.9 h/ P! {7 T+ H# E- x3 ?
1 _- _/ ~) V9 u! w3 n. B7 g8 }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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; F/ I, r2 B6 m2 ?# T"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."3 H& f% E! @+ @- o2 H
% q# o) J+ n4 K4 _0 S- T& c. [# bPower 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. D6 U& F8 D& f; {6 i! |
" V6 V( p, h3 d* QSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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