Tag: pike place market

April 9, 2024

Pike Market Preschool family calls for a car-free (or at least tourist-driver-free) Pike Place

My child attended the truly amazing Pike Market Child Care and Preschool for three years before graduating in summer 2023. We biked there every day together. Navigating the market is second nature to her. She knows all the shortcuts and how to find every store (well, every store with candy, magic, or toys). Her allowance…
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tagged: 2024 Seattle Transportation Plan, bob kettle, pike place market
April 19, 2023

Watch: We know this street design is deadly, so why do we keep building them this way?

Seattle’s recent Vision Zero review noted that 80% of people killed while walking on Seattle streets are killed on streets with multiple lanes in the same direction. So why are we on the verge of opening a brand new streets through Belltown near Pike Place Market with multiple lanes in the same direction? I ride…
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tagged: belltown, pike place market, sdot, videos, vision zero, waterfront, western ave, wsdot
March 7, 2023

No, the city is NOT cutting down cherry trees to build a bike project

Contrary to what you may have read on Twitter or saw written on yellow signs on trees on Pike Street near the market, Seattle’s decision to cut down cherry trees on the block between 1st and 2nd Avenues has nothing to do with bike improvements. In fact, the project removing the trees will also remove…
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tagged: curbless streets, downtown, pike, pike pine renaissance, pike place market
November 26, 2010

Looking for a way to dodge today’s shopping mayhem?

Get on your bike and head down to Pike Place Market for the Buy Nothing Day Pic-Nic Bike Ride! Ride leaves at 1, but people are meeting at noon: Fork the mall and shopping! It’s Buy Nothing Day! Come ride your bike! Let’s burn off some calories from the national Day of Feasting while avoiding the…
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tagged: bike rides, buy nothing day, cargo bikes, oxbow park, pike place market