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# The chaos of the car in Seattle’s early days
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/culture/2018/04/chaos-car-seattles-early-days/
- Published: 2018-04-30T09:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-19T09:21:58.000Z
- Author: Knute Berger
- Tags: Culture, Mossback, Mossback's Northwest, Multimedia, Pacific Northwest, Seattle & King County, Transportation, Video, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-04-14 08:04, #Import 2025-05-09 14:42, #article

If you think traffic is bad now, just imagine Seattle at the turn of the century: Cyclists, pedestrians and an army of wagons all competed for space on downtown streets. Then, along came the automobile. Knute Berger chronicles the car's bumpy ride in early Seattle — and how it came to dominate the road.

Knute has written a lot on the subject. You can read more stories here:

"[The daze of Seattle's first cars](https://crosscut.com/2013/10/seattle-cars-autos?ref=cascadepbs.org)"

"[Seattle drivers: Atrocious from the start](https://crosscut.com/2013/10/seattle-drivers-first-cars?ref=cascadepbs.org)"