This summer, for the first time, Seattle banned cars in the Pike Place Market :
Last year (2024), some politicians said no one will shop here anymore if it’s pedestrianized :
https://publicola.com/2024/04/02/dont-open-pike-place-to-pedestrians-council-member-urges/
Banning all non-delivery and non-emergency vehicles should have been done many years ago in the most visited attraction in the Pacific Northwest. But I’m glad to see Seattle as one of the leading US cities in urban planning.
This plus the light rail build out has made living here without a car so much more pleasant. If only the rail went all the way up to Everett…