Drivers are currently not allowed to drive through Pike Place Market due to ongoing construction and road closures.
Some people feel that Pike Place Market should be closed to vehicles permanently. Vendors, however, prefer that the road remain open. Last year, we asked if the road should be closed and respondents came out heavily in favor of the idea. This is a walking blog, though, so that probably skewed the results.
If this were a real journalistic outlet, we would conduct interviews with vendors to provide some perspective. As it is, I can only offer my opinion that the Market is better off without cars.
Has anyone else been there with the road closed? How do you think it worked out?
I walk through for lunch pretty regularly.
While it’s been pleasant to “own” the street with no traffic, I miss the feeling that drivers and pedestrians alike are learning from the experience of being forced to share a street.
I’d rather kick the cars off Pike St thank Pike Pl 😉
I stand by my remarks on the previous post. Make vehicles and pedestrians equals on more streets as they currently are at the market. More of this model please, which has worked well for many years.
Westlake Square now, lets revisit closing that to cars as it was briefly before Nordstrom’s strong-armed the city to reopen it to through traffic. They’ve had their way for something like a decade, it’s our turn by now, isn’t it?