Beginning this fall with the Class of 2007, freshmen will no longer be granted campus parking permits because of space restraints.
"With consultation from the members of the Undergraduate Life Committee, it was decided that, effective this September, freshmen will not be permitted to bring cars on campus," said Laurel Harvey, director of the Office of Risk Management.
"Students with special needs, supported by medical documentation, may submit parking waiver requests to Maria Flores-Mills in the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students," Harvey said.
Freshmen who bring cars to campus will have to follow general guidelines for visitor parking. Overnight parking, between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., is permitted only in connection with University business, such as research studies. In these cases, proper identification from Public Safety or an authorized note is needed, according to Public Safety's website.
Each year, about 1,100 students get full-year parking permits, said Connie Hensley, director of parking. Of these students, only about 80 to 90 are freshmen.
"You don't really need a car if you're not a resident of New Jersey," said Marques Highland '05.
For Highland, who lives half an hour away from the University, having a car on campus made things more convenient for him and his family. He was able to get supplies without their help.
"It also made things more convenient for people who weren't from New Jersey, because whenever they needed something, they knew I could give them a ride," Highland said.
Highland disagrees with the sudden way in which the University is doing away with parking.
"They shouldn't completely get rid of freshmen parking though," Highland said. "It should be phased out gradually."
Mark Batsiyan '06 said he would have been upset to find he could not have a car on campus.
"I should be able to have the ability to get in my car and go somewhere I needed or wanted to go," Batsiyan said. "I wouldn't have not come [to Princeton] because of it, but it would have been frustrating."
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