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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(121,080 posts) Sat Feb 22, 2025, 09:43 PM Feb 22

Seattle ramps up efforts to protect pedestrians at vehicle-swamped Pike Place Market

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Seattle ramps up efforts to protect pedestrians at vehicle-swamped Pike Place Market (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 22 OP

Good idea The Blue Flower Feb 22 #1

I walk there mimitabby Feb 22 #2

A lot of places in Europe allow delivery/pick-up trucks in only at certain hours Wonder Why Feb 22 #3

What Pike Place Market needs is a Aristus Feb 23 #4

This MichMan Feb 23 #5

The Blue Flower

(5,785 posts)

1. Good idea

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 09:48 PM

Feb 22

Letting traffic drive through there makes no sense.

mimitabby

(1,925 posts)

2. I walk there

Reply to The Blue Flower (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 09:57 PM

Feb 22

When I’m there I always walk in front of cars and make them wait. I want it to be the most unsatisfying short cut they ever took

Wonder Why

(5,331 posts)

3. A lot of places in Europe allow delivery/pick-up trucks in only at certain hours

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 10:52 PM

Feb 22

so business can be conducted then the street is blocked so only pedestrian use. Wish we had more places like that.

Aristus

(69,544 posts)

4. What Pike Place Market needs is a

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 12:10 AM

Feb 23

Fußgängerzone. An extensive area entirely prohibited to cars, and for pedestrians only.

Leave it to the Germans to come up with the perfect name for it.

Close Pike Place to cars. For good.

MichMan

(14,720 posts)

5. This

Reply to Aristus (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 08:50 AM

Feb 23

No deliveries, no contractors, utilities, public safety etc. They can hand carry everything in.

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