Скачать или смотреть Pike Place Market is much better without cars | 2022 vs 2025 footage

The places we spend time in become far better when personal vehicles are taken out of the equation.

If you've visited Pike Place Market at any point over the years, you've undoubtedly been victim to the personal vehicle being this looming presence over your shoulder that forced you on far too narrow sidewalks, inevitably making you bump shoulders into other patrons along the way. Even the best spots to take photos were nearly impossible to utilize as a car would always be around the corner, meandering through with the deflating hopes of anxious drivers on the futile quest to find a parking spot along the cobbled streets of the market.

However, this has dramatically changed for the better this summer in Seattle, and even better news is this program has just got the green light to continue into 2026 due to it being a resounding success for patrons of all ages and physical abilities.

Pike Place Market becoming a pedestrianized destination may have happened decades too late, but it is a major step in proving to policy makers that human-centered, car-free and car-light destinations are needed in every neighborhood of this city.

Footage from 2022 is compared to 2025 footage throughout the video.