I gave into my curiosity & visited Pike St between 1st & 2nd which I found is only PARTIALLY car-free (car access from alley behind Target onto Pike going east). It’s a good start, but it definitely needs more seating & shade; trees are planned, but umbrellas now would be great especially with the hot weather this week
#Seattle #CarFree #VisionZero #Pedestrianized #PedestrianizePikePlace

In #Detroit, the day before #Thanksgiving is a red-letter day for the #bike community. The three-mile-long #Parade Route on #Woodward Avenue is closed to #CarTraffic and is temporarily #pedestrianized. It's the one and only day of the year where it's safe to #bike on Woodward Avenue, our main street. I couldn't make it over there this year, but this photo shows Thanksgiving Eve a few years ago. #BikeTooter #BanCars

What the Last Decade Has Done for the #Walkability #Movement

In 2012, #JeffSpeck’s #WalkableCity sparked a conversation about why #pedestrianized #places matter and became one of the best-selling #books about the #built #environment in recent memory. Ten years later, though, so much about the world has changed — even as #humanCentered #communities have become more important than ever.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/11/15/what-the-last-decade-has-done-for-the-walkability-movement/