DOWNTOWN: Reduce vehicle noise
One Friday well into Covid time we decided to venture downtown. Mistake. Traffic was lined up bumper-to-bumper as far back as Government Way. Street parking was full, with about 2/3 from Washington. We skedaddled.
Fast forward to last summer when we reserved a sidewalk table for after we had browsed downtown’s shops. Again, traffic was bumper-to-bumper along Sherman. Both cars and motorcycles (some in club-like groups, many individually) all had one common trait — loud exhausts. It was a bad experience, comparing very unfavorably with European-style sidewalk dining and making us very reluctant to return.
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