CLEMSON, S.C. —

Clemson University will change its parking policy next fall, restricting access for freshmen and bridge students to reduce congestion and improve parking availability on campus.

University spokesperson Joe Galbraith said the policy will free up about 2,000 parking spaces for commuters.

"We require first-year students to live on campus unless they have a waiver or are within kind of a 30-mile radius," Galbraith said. "For the vast majority of first-year students and bridge students, they reside on campus, so this would apply to them."

Galbraith added that the policy comes at a time when the university continues to add on to its facilities.

"We have lost parking to some of those academic facilities," Galbraith said. "I also think it is a reflection of kind of the univers

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