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A |     Sophie 编译 据当地议会证实，奥克兰和惠灵顿的12岁以下儿童免费乘坐公共交通和25岁以下乘客半价优惠将于4月30日结束。         在此之前，新政府削减了去年7月首次推出的这些优惠的资金。    JERUSALEM -- It's a far cry from the usual hustle and bustle, so typical of Jerusalem's Old City.The steps of the Damascus Gate have been cleared out. Gone are the fruit and sumac vendors. And inside the Old City: rows and rows of shops have shut down."This is the worst days we've ever seen in our lives. Even when the corona[virus] was here it was better than this," said Adnan Jaffa, who runs the Jaffar Sweets shop. "Because of the war ... the situation. In five minutes we're going to close because there is nothing to do."For those who know the Old City, it's an eerie place to be. Even the Church of the Holy Sepulchre -- where Christ is believed to have been buried and resurrected -- was empty on Sunday but for a handful of worshippers. It felt like we were being given a private tour of one of the world's holiest and most visited sites.Ehab Barakat, who was cycling through the deserted Old City, was one of the few customers out there on the city's streets.Asked about the increasing tensions, he said: "We hope it will be quiet."He added, "This is the time to be united. One."But the latest cycle of violence has come has no surprise, he said."The new government of Israel … you would be stupid if you would not guess what is going to happen. And we are not stupid. We were just waiting for the time.""The people get so tied … like a balloon. With a lot of air inside. And then it will…"His English may have failed him -- but it seemed clear what he meant.Israeli police now stand at the entrance to the Damascus Gate, occasionally searching young men. Orthodox Jews occasionally wander through the Old City to worship at the Western Wall. But there is none of the fervour which people associate with Jerusalem. It's been replaced by a strange quiet.In the words of Abushadi Sinjlawi, another shopkeeper we found closing early for the day, "The city is under lockdown."But away from the eerie quiet and melancholy atmosphere in the Old City, the situation is tense. Jerusalem is said to be the most heavily policed city in the country, and that will likely remain the case as the war in the south rages on.Checkpoints have been set up across East Jerusalem. And videos are spreading online appearing to show the harassment of Palestinians at the hands of the police. Cars are being stopped and searched. There are videos of apparent police beatings. In sporadic, individual incidents where locals have clashed with police, the response appears to have been brute force.Already at least 50 Palestinians have been killed in East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the war broke out -- that's more than the highest ever monthly total since the UN began keeping records in 2005.。

B | 不过，这一变化不会影响由地方议会直接资助的现有优惠，包括对大学生和中学生的优惠。         Advertise with us          这也不会影响前政府引入的其他Community Connect优惠，交通部长Simeon Brown选择保留了它。         两个地方议会都将在5月1日之前对青少年票价做出调整。         奥克兰交通局（AT）表示，5至12岁儿童的免费乘车和13至24岁乘客的半价优惠都将结束。

C |          这些变化预计将影响约20万注册AT HOP卡用户。         同时，在惠灵顿，MetLink表示，5至16岁的儿童和青少年，或者年龄再大一点但还在上中学的人，将支付成人票价一半的费用。

D |          17岁至24岁的人的乘车票价将恢复全价，除非他们有资格获得其他高等教育或Community Connect的优惠。

E |          惠灵顿5岁以下的儿童可继续免费乘车，在奥克兰，如果有另一名乘客陪同，5岁以下儿童也可以免费乘车。         惠灵顿交通委员会主席Thomas Nash表示，整个地区的人们都会感受到这一变化。         他说：“我不想结束这些优惠——我们知道它们对人们产生了很大的影响。

F | ”          “我们希望维持现有的服务和可靠性，但如果我们想要扩大网络，我们自己就无法承担优惠的成本，特别是在新政府公共交通资金不确定的情况下。”          “每年需要有1000多万纽币的资金，这就得再提高我们目前提议的19.8%的地税涨幅。”          在奥克兰，AT集团增长和优化部门经理Richard Harrison表示，许多25岁以下的人将有资格获得其他优惠，如针对儿童、中学生、大学生和Community Connect的优惠。         “我们会自动将乘客转换到最有利的优惠上。但是，仍会有乘客需要重新申请优惠，尤其是那些接受高等教育的乘客。”          “今天我们将直接联系受影响的乘客，告知他们如何申请新的优惠，如果他们符合条件的话。”          Harrison说，AT的团队确实调查了继续提供优惠的可能性，但由于成本高达6150万纽币，没有中央政府的支持，这是不可能的。         在12月的迷你预算中，联合政府通知地方议会，将在90天内停止为这些优惠提供资金。它还告诉地方议会，它将帮助支付从票价收集系统中取消两种基于年龄的优惠的费用。

G |          基督城此前曾表示，针对13岁以下儿童的免费乘车政策将到期，但对年轻人的半价优惠将继续。                   奥克兰人需要知道的：          5至24岁乘客的票价涨了。         年龄在5至15岁之间，并且有一张注册了的AT HOP卡的人，如果卡上有正确的出生日期，不需要做任何事情。记得出行时刷HOP卡，以获得儿童优惠（至少为成人票价的六折）。         年龄在16至24岁之间的人，如果你是中学生、全日制大学生、社区服务卡持有人、盲人视力障碍者或残疾人卡持有人，可能有资格获得更便宜的票价。         年龄在0至4岁之间的幼儿，可以在另一名乘客的陪同下继续免费乘车。         5至15岁的儿童和青少年继续享受周末免费乘车。         乘客应确保在乘坐公交车、火车和渡轮时，上下都刷AT HOP卡。                   惠灵顿人需要知道的：          5至16岁的儿童和青少年，或者年龄再大一点但还在上中学的，将支付成人票价的一半费用。         17至24岁的人的票价将恢复全价，除非他们符合其他高等教育或Community Connect优惠的资格。         5岁以下儿童将继续免费乘车。

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