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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 v" |6 w7 [; D3 g; \) N
) T9 h9 p& I2 V* C9 `, @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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$ D- \2 S# A2 R& G* b+ R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 y" s- h/ G, a" A, b
0 `5 ^3 ]& E6 V" t0 G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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- |8 j& f' P% d& ~: P/ E“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 n+ u0 Q* D: z. b2 j
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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 N9 i! I- A, Z$ T. G# x# y
" Z) T" ~4 I$ I" s% H1 C7 a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).( d2 i c/ y& i j) ~9 y8 g4 T
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3 T# h' {! D' H- ^+ C$ }- z1 X9 `摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日* e1 x8 g% K, c7 P8 C' E
$ j) u/ [, m1 a% R) q8 IStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term.
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# f; s! e/ f2 QA vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.
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# G! N" d. t* R& v: UThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.
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7 U, X9 x s( Q& V( `) OGetting to this point took five years of debate and negotiations, said U of A student union president Samantha Power on Friday.
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/ S$ k9 i) P! u3 o"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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Several cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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