The entire trip will be almost completely car-free.
“There’s some real beauty about all those interconnected pieces that just make for a really inspiring and pleasant journey,” Ligtenberg said. “It is vastly more walkable.”
The new car ban covers only the first main block of Pike Place, between Pike and Pine Streets. It’s subject to tweaks and slated to last only through the summer, but could become permanent. The decades-old debate over whether banning cars would help or hurt the Market — and its broader role in the city — is ongoing.
Learning curve
Like all big changes, the new car policy has taken some getting used to.
Panos Koutlas
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