kirklennon@kbin.socialtoSeattle@lemmy.world•Don't Open Pike Place to Pedestrians, Council Member Urges - PubliCola
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6 months agoIt baffles me that there’s even a discussion about this. Customers do not drive down Pike Place to access the market. It’s already functionally a pedestrian space where occasionally some person takes a wrong turn and accidentally drives through. Vendors use it, but they arrive early in the morning before customers. It should be closed to regular traffic during normal shopping hours.
Maybe we shouldn’t be encouraging elderly citizens to drive through a street that is crowded with pedestrians? If you can walk through the market, you can take an elevator to Western.
Locals are also walking on Pike Place, dodging cars that don’t belong there. Making the market safer isn’t going to drive people away.