Walking down by the Port of Seattle, Anna and I hopped a ferry to Bainbridge Island. There we walked into the quaint downtown, replete with about six thousand different places to pick up an espresso, and found a chunky little paperback filled with pictures of bicycles around the world.
Upon return to the mainland, we traipsed through the sunshine-filled afternoon -- and who would have expected that sort of weather in Seattle? -- we then rode the Monorail on a two-minute journey which arced prettily through a Frank Gehry-designed Museum.
Seattle runs free bus services through the downtown area between 0600 and 1900: how much does this fareless area promote overall public transit? Portland and Pittsburgh do something similar. San Francisco could promote MUNI by adjust an area between Union Square or Chinatown and the Convention Center, and between the Embarcadero and Van Ness; I think that Jim Reid for Mayor had an idea along those lines.