PU freshmen banned from parking cars on campus

   Princeton University freshmen will no longer be allowed to park on campus, beginning in September.
   "Due to space constraints, the university needs to restrict undergraduate parking," said Charles Kalmbach, Princeton’s senior vice president for administration. "The new parking rule will reduce demand for parking spaces on campus and should help reduce traffic in the local area."
   The new regulation, already a standard policy at many other universities, was adopted after consultation with members of the student government’s Undergraduate Life Committee.
   Until the 1960s, no undergraduates were permitted to park within 8 miles of the Princeton campus. During the 2002-03 academic year, there were 1,061 undergraduate permits issued, including 85 parking permits to freshmen.
   The university advises freshmen against bringing their cars and attempting to park in surrounding areas because of the overnight parking prohibition in Princeton Borough.