While the businesses themselves are vibrant and attractive, the street space that connects them is lacking a cohesive pedestrian realm. Thousands of people cross through or live, work, and play in this corridor. These streets need to connect the businesses and make Pike a place people can spend their lunch, afternoon, weekend, or even night time.
This area should feel like the destination that it is for patrons, employees, and residents. This area needs to:
- Be a comfortable space for those of all ages and at all times of day
- Allow businesses the ability to expand further into the street
- Vehicle traffic control should not require staffing
- Lighting must be improved, especially in the areas south of Pike
- Allow rapid emergency access
- Vehicle access to every driveway must be preserved
Beyond these extremely basic bullets, we don’t know. The goal is to decide as a coalition, and to pick what is right for each individual block. Join us and help us plan how to make these decisions.
Some inspiration
Other parts of the city have experimented with the pedestrian realm to draw the foot traffic in
- Chophouse Row
- U District’s Ave
- U Village Mall
- Pike Place Market
Take a look at what we’ve tried before
We have and continue to pilot single day or weekend street takeovers in a variety of different shapes and sizes. Read more here
We’d love to hear from you
Whether you walk, bike, drive, live, or work here: we want this space to be for you. Help us shape that.