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| |  | You’ll be seeing fewer cars and (hopefully more) locals this summer at Pike Place. (Karina Matias / City Cast Seattle) |
| Sip and Stroll With a Car-Less Pike Place | With Memorial Day behind us and the weather (hopefully, please) starting to warm up, we’re going to reach peak tourist season, especially with the World Cup coming. So we thought it was a good time to remind us all about the latest updates at one of our biggest tourist destinations. And honestly, it sounds like it’s going to be a fun time at Pike Place this summer! | - 🚗 Is Pike Place vehicle-free?: In short, sort of. The market began experimenting with minimizing car traffic last year, and it has proven successful: business was up last year, per this report. But it isn’t exactly car-free. Starting this week through Labor Day, the market has a ‘soft closure,’ where essentially only deliveries, drivers with disabilities placards, and emergency vehicles can enter. From Friday to Sunday, the roads are closed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with only emergency vehicles able to enter. And if a big event is going on, the market is fully closed to cars and vehicles. If you do want to drive and park, here’s a handy guide. [Seattle Times]
- 🍻 Sip & Savor begins June 5: The market is testing a pilot program where visitors can purchase alcoholic drinks from noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sundays (coinciding with complete road closure). To participate, visitors will need to show ID and get a wristband. The cups will be marked to make clear they are alcohol, and there will be staff there to enforce rules and safety. The aim is to bring locals back to the market, with 24 businesses participating. [Pike Place Market]
- 🖊️ Take A Survey: Pike Place Market is working with UW’s Urban Freight Lab to learn about how limited vehicle access has affected how locals use the market. Take the survey and tell them how you feel!
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| What Seattle’s Talking About |
| 💊 Washingtonians can order ‘Just In Case' abortion pill: Planned Parenthood is now offering mifepristone and misoprostol to patients before they are pregnant. Patients can add this service to an existing appointment or make another appointment. The medication can be ordered via a telehealth visit or in-person, and lasts for two years from the time they are dispensed. Recent research from UW Medicine suggests that more women are pre-emptively ordering abortion pills. [Seattle Times] | | 🏘️ Rent control bill has collected no fines: One year after Washington passed a bill that prohibits rent increases of more than 10% in a year and fines violators, no fines have been collected. Opponents of the law say that it is reducing the rental market, and a significant amount of violators have come from RV parks. [Washington State Standard] | | | 🚆 Councilmember wants to prioritize Ballard link: The Seattle Transit Board is set to vote on an updated ST3 plan tomorrow that would postpone a Ballard Link Extension, but Seattle Councilmember Dan Strauss has put forward an amendment to reallocate money towards building a “starter line” from Westlake to Ballard instead of from SODO to Seattle Center. The Ballard Link Extension is projected to serve as many as 148,000 daily riders. [The Urbanist] |
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