Vintage T-Shirt - Super Rare Seattle 1990 GRIDLOCK GAMES (Goodwill Games) Size L

Description: Vintage T-Shirt - Super Rare Seattle 1990 GRIDLOCK GAMES (Goodwill Games) Size: Large 42-44. 100% Cotton. Excellent condition, as shown in pictures. Shirt doesn't show any signs of wear. I don't normally list items as "super rare", but I couldn't find another one of these on the internet. Pictures on front of t-shirt show sketches of heavy traffic jams. Here is an article that was in the Seattle Times newspaper on May 16th, 1990. It explains the traffic gridlock that Seattle faced while hosting the 1990 Goodwill Games. Trying To Keep Goodwill On Road - Traffic Officials Fear Games Gridlock May 16, 1990 Susan Gilmore It's a midsummer Friday evening and the streets of lower Queen Anne Hill are in gridlock. There's basketball at the Seattle Center Coliseum, ``War and Peace'' at the Opera House, handball in the Arena and a play at the Bagley Wright Theater. Never mind the families heading for the Fun Forest. High atop the Space Needle, a traffic engineer watches in dismay. On this Goodwill Games night, it is the worst nightmare come true. A phone call is made to a command post at City Hall and, with a flip of switches, the timing of the traffic lights is changed. Slowly, traffic begins to crawl. Meanwhile, in Tacoma, observers stationed along Interstate 5 are equally busy. Spectators heading for the gymnastics finals at the Tacoma Dome have tangled with fans driving to a baseball game at Cheney Stadium. Add to the mix commuters and families escaping town for a weekend on the Olympic Peninsula. The highway workers radio to their command center and a warning message for motorists flashes above the stalled freeway on temporary electronic signs: Expect delays. July 27. Could this be the Black Friday of the Goodwill Games? So far, it's only worried speculation. No one really knows how bad traffic will be during the festival, but the July 27 schedule illustrates the headaches traffic engineers have endured for months planning for possible gridlocks. ``A lot of us thought about setting up our own Kool-Aid stands along the freeway and making a little extra money,'' joked Lynn Price, assistant traffic engineer for Tacoma. Tacoma planners say events are scheduled so tightly that any unexpected glitch, from an extra-inning baseball game to a long fan celebration, could back up traffic for hours. In Seattle, city officials are so worried about traffic and parking at the Seattle Center they will place an observer in the Space Needle, and perhaps another in a helicopter, to help synchronize traffic signals. More than 2,500 athletes from the Soviet Union and 50 other countries are scheduled to compete in 21 Goodwill Games events throughout the state July 20 through Aug. 5. In conjunction with the games, promoters have organized what is being called the year's largest international arts festival. With the games only 10 weeks away, City Hall is not talking about whether a world record will be broken in the mile, but whether goodwill will be broken on Montlake Boulevard. Motorists may face more hurdles on city streets than the runners will leap in Husky Stadium. Games organizers must still get a special permit from the City Council for full use of Husky Stadium, where opening ceremonies are expected to draw 72,000 people and daily track and field events are about 37,000. City engineers recommend the use permit be granted, but say Games organizers need to find another 4,000 parking spots off the University of Washington campus. They said organizers overestimated both the number of people who will ride Metro buses to the events and the distance people will be willing to walk. Goodwill Games officials don't necessarily agree. But they say they'll accept recommendations that another 3,000 parking spaces be found along Metro transit routes feeding into the University District, that shuttle services be provided for parking lots not on a bus route, and that organizers pay to police extra parking areas. A city study found that parking and traffic problems will be most severe on four weekdays of track and field events at Husky Stadium and 11 days at the Seattle Center - with the worst days July 27 and July 29. It's not unusual for big crowds to assemble at Seattle Center, say city officials, but several things make this more worrisome: Some events begin at the peak of rush hour; evening events start while sporting events end, and the Center will be headquarters for 2,500 journalists and the sponsoring Turner Broadcasting System. Here is a look at what the key agencies are doing to stave off gridlock: -- City of Seattle: In addition to stationing an observer in the Space Needle, the city is working with the state Department of Transportation to use message signs on the freeway. To encourage car pools, parking rates at Seattle Center-owned lots will soar. The current $4 daily charge will remain only for those with four or more in a vehicle; a single driver will pay $12 a day. Private-lot fees are also expected to increase. To encourage use of the Monorail, the city is urging downtown parking garages to stay open late at night. And, because of pressure from the neighborhoods, signs will be erected near Husky Stadium banning parking on certain residential streets during the Goodwill Games, similar to restrictions in the Montlake area during Husky games. -- City of Tacoma: It's not the numbers but the timing that worries officials. On Aug. 4 in the Tacoma Dome, for example, a hockey semifinal game is scheduled to end three hours before a figure-skating program begins. ``Any delays, like overtime in hockey or a celebration, and we could have real problems,'' said Price, the Tacoma traffic engineer. ``In optimum conditions, we can get everyone out in about an hour and people usually begin arriving two hours before an event. Compounding the worries are the baseball games scheduled at Cheney Stadium. Motorists must share Interstate 5 with those headed to the Tacoma Dome, the events begin at rush hour, and parking is so scarce at the stadium that shuttle services from outlying parking lots will be used. Again, July 27 stands out. Women's gymnastic team finals begin at 5 p.m. at the Tacoma Dome and a baseball game is slated for 6 p.m. at Cheney Stadium. ``It's a particularly bad day,'' said Price, ``because people use this route to head to the peninsula for the weekend.'' -- Department of Transportation: The daily track and field events at Husky Stadium are of particular concern, said Bill Garing, a state transportation official. With events beginning around 6 p.m., backups on Montlake Boulevard could easily extend far onto Highway 520 - a road already under siege at rush hour. The state will establish a toll-free driver-information hotline, help coordinate traffic from its facility on nearby East Roanoke Street, and contract with towing companies to patrol and assist disabled vehicles. Meanwhile, Goodwill Games organizers will encourage Seattle-area residents to use transit and car pools. But they have backed away from an earlier suggestion that people simply escape the city during the Games. 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