How Seattle's Pike Place Market FAILS

As a downtown Seattlite, I agree completely with everything you said. It’s bizarre that they don’t adjust… Opening that space would also allow for soo many more options for vendors and to handle the crowding. I don’t ever visit Pike Place. Sadly, the immediate area outside the market (1st street) was sketchy before the pandemic and I have yet to bother revisiting it since… 😕 But yeah, it really makes you wonder how this obvious, significant improvement is not being done. Which vendors or other interest groups are lobbying against it? 🤔

I was just there on Saturday, and it seems they're making some changes--certain areas were blocked off to cars. We'll see if anything truly changes. But yes, it makes no sense to have cars there with the exception of vendors when they have to set up and tear down.

FYI The merchants themselves are the ones that refused to make the road pedestrian, to push customers in the stalls. Seattle Council members have been pushing on this for ages.

I have never understood why that area isn't closed to vehicles (except for delivery, of course)

You seem to have traveled to a decent number of American cities. Which one is your favorite and which one/s get the pedestrian only areas right?

And the ONLY INJURIES TO EVER OCCUR BY CAR THERE WAS ON 1ST. WHERE THERES TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND A MAIN ROAD. A GUY ON SYNTHETIC WEED RAN A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OVER LIKE 15 YEARS AGO.

Lol yep the out of towners that dive on that road. Always a good laugh.

Wow.. I can only agree to your point when it is the height of consumers in the market. You know it is not the same "jamming" all the time right? Plenty of times vendors need to drive into the market to deliver their goods.. plenty of times (especially outside of cruise season) that consumers drive through for parking or a quick tour (or drop off/pick up).. plenty of times when pedestrians aren't walking in the middle of the road and walk the designated sidewalks and shop walkways.. right? The growth in population of Seattle, in general, has made this small roadway (2 blocks) a busy place and cars for the most part safely yield to tourists and local consumers. This video is not a well-rounded argument to shut off access to vehicles in the market. Take the time to report on the whole or entire story of allowing vehicles to drive through this street. Maybe one day it will be a promenade but at least report on the whole picture.

I never thought about this and I completely agree.

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I have the same issue with pike place market. Never understood why cars are allowed. Makes no sense. No normal driver would want to go through the market anyway (unless they don't know the area).

Should be like in the Netherlands bikes and pedestrians only. Room for delivery trucks at certain time or days only. This is typical American politicians way of thinking that you have to have cars everywhere otherwise it will kill off the popularity of the tourist spot and that is not true.

I never understood this either in the ten years that I lived there. Makes zero sense and a real safety hazard! Especially being a progressive city!

I think it’s an exciting and uniquely American trait try not to run over pedestrians and if you’re a pedestrian try not to get hit by a car makes it ever so much more challenging and interesting if I want European markets I guess I’ll move to Europe try shopping in some Mexican street markets you make it ran over by chicken coops on scooters L O L

Seattle is a horrible place now. I will never go back.