{"id":1550,"date":"2025-03-18T09:22:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:36:02","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/","title":{"rendered":"U-PASS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/03\/students-campus.jpg); background-position: 27% 5%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        U-PASS\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-u-pass\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The U-Pass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.octranspo.com\/tickets-and-passes\/what_it_costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discounted fare<\/a>&nbsp;offered through Carleton University\u2019s partnership with OC Transpo. The U-Pass program is the result of successful referendums in 2012 and 2016, organized by the Carleton University Students\u2019 Association (CUSA) and the Graduate Students\u2019 Association (GSA). Subsequently, contract negotiations were completed between the University and OC Transpo, resulting in a legally binding agreement which provides a discounted transit fare to all eligible students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligible students are entitled to unlimited travel on OC Transpo and the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de l\u2019Outaouais (STO) in Gatineau. Only Para Transpo service to rural zones requires a supplemental fare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The U-Pass is a compulsory fee for all&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/u-pass-eligibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eligible students<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Opt-Out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/u-pass-opt-out-process\/\">OPT-OUT PROCESS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"locations-to-upload-the-u-pass-to-your-campus-card\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Locations to Upload the U-Pass to your Campus Card<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><strong>Name<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Location<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Hours<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>The Campus Card Office<\/td><td>407&nbsp;Nideyin\u00e0n<\/td><td>8:30 AM \u2013 4:30 PM (Monday \u2013 Friday)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"new-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campuscard\/get-your-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply online<\/a>&nbsp;for your student ID once you have registered for classes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"returning-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Returning Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/get-your-u-pass-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renew your U-Pass<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/get-your-u-pass-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lost U-Pass<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/opt-in-and-opt-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opt-out or opt-in to the U-Pass<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Remember: your U-Pass is not transferable and cannot be shared.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"re-use-your-campus-card-smartcard-each-semester\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Re-use your Campus Card smartcard each semester<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>U-Pass transit access will be granted to your Campus Card each semester automatically when you sign-up for full-time studies or opt-in to the program.<\/p>\n\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                            \n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"quicklinks\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 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\n    <h3 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        OC Transpo Refunds for U-Pass Issues\n    <\/h3>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            If you experienced issues using your U-Pass on OC Transpo between Sunday, September 1 and Friday, September 20, 2024, and were required to pay a&hellip;\n\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/2024\/oc-transpo-refunds-for-u-pass-issues\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        OC Transpo Refunds for U-Pass Issues\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        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The U-Pass program is the result of successful referendums in 2012 and 2016, organized by the Carleton University Students\u2019 Association (CUSA) and the Graduate Students\u2019 Association (GSA). Subsequently, contract negotiations were completed between the University and OC Transpo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[33],"class_list":["post-1550","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1592,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1550\/revisions\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}