{"id":978,"date":"2019-03-18T17:52:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T21:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/?post_type=cu_description&#038;p=978"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:23:26","slug":"reside-outside-of-the-oc-transpo-service-area","status":"publish","type":"cu_description","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/description\/reside-outside-of-the-oc-transpo-service-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Reside outside of the OC Transpo Service Area."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 id=\"\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>Please review the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/06\/OC-Transpo-Service-area52.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OC Transpo Service Area Map (PDF)<\/a> to confirm that you live outside the service area. <strong>The service area includes the Urban transit Area and the Rural Transit Area A.<\/strong> Students must be residing at the address for the full duration of the opt-out term. You will then need to fill out an opt-out application in the &#8220;Student Online Applications&#8221; section of <a href=\"http:\/\/central.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carleton Central<\/a> and provide the following supporting documents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A utility bill (such as hydro, cable, or phone) that has been issued within the past two months (and matches the address on your license); and\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The utility does not need to be addressed to the applicant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A drivers&#8217;s license (which matches the address on the utility bill) or a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/opt-out-tenancy-agreement-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tenancy agreement form (PDF)<\/a>&nbsp;relating to leased premises located outside of the OC Transpo Service Area.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A tenancy agreement will only be accepted when there is a reasonable expectation that government issued identification cannot be provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note<\/strong>: The opt-out option is not available to students living in the STO service area as the U-Pass can be used on both sides of the river and will allow transportation to and from the region. Please review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sto.ca\/site\/assets\/files\/2130\/carte_reseau.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STO Service Area Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Parking Information:<\/strong> Students who have an approved opt-out for residing outside of the OC Transpo Service Area are eligible to purchase a parking permit. For more information on this process please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/parking\/\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/parking\/<\/a> or contact <a href=\"mailto:parking@carleton.ca\">parking@carleton.ca.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_description_type":[25],"class_list":["post-978","cu_description","type-cu_description","status-publish","hentry","cu_description_type-opt-out"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_description"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/978\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_description_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description_type?post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}