Posts in category Streets for People

Preserving Key West’s Identity Through Civic Commemorations, Anchor Institutions, and Gay History The State of Florida’s push to erase our rainbow crosswalks—culminating in their removal …

What We Lose When We Lose Good People Katie Halloran’s resignation as Key West’s Planning Director isn’t just a personnel change — it’s a turning …

Could Tourist Dollars Be The Answer to Our Transit Funding Problem? While the approach hasn’t been tested, with political will, and a willingness to challenge …

Transit officials say they can’t meet demand and are urging riders to shift to Workforce Express and Lower Keys Shuttle. Conch Connect Vanishes – And …

Why Transit Cuts Hurt Everyone in the Keys—And Why We Need to Speak Up Before the September Budget Hearings It’s Not About Buses. It’s About …

Transit Is Collapsing in the Keys. Will Business Leaders Let It? With Monroe County and the City of Key West walking back their commitments to …

Dumb and Dumber Transit Cuts: A Failure of Leadership in the Keys The cuts keep coming—and Monroe County and the City of Key West are …

Zero Fatalities by 2035 – Key West Aims for Safer Streets for All Key West is taking proactive steps to make its streets safer for …

Conch Disconnect: County Scraps Transit Service for Local Workers Key West’s workforce increasingly lives beyond the island, pushed outward by housing costs and pulled into …

The $1 Mistake: How Key West Is Undermining the Duval Loop, Again In May 2020, the Key West City Commission voted 5–2 to impose a …

Key West is Florida’s Best Biking City. Could It Become the Paris of Small Cities? Key West has once again been recognized as one of …

Streets for People / Just Six Months Old, Conch Connect Micro-Transit Is Already Beating Expectations Just six months after its debut, the Conch Connect on-demand, …

Streets for People / Rebuild of South Street Is Complete and Includes Brand New Bike Lane A $3.5 million dollar City rebuild of South Street …

Streets for People / Commissioner Lee Is Right. It’s Time To Get Fast Moving E-Bikes Off Our Promenades It’s time for the City to get …

Streets for People / Work To Upgrade Lower Keys Shuttle Bus Stops Completed The City just completed a two-year, mostly grant-funded, $1.4 million dollar “Final …

Streets for People / Come on Man! Wrap and Brand the Duval Loop Buses! We love the campy, colorful Patti the Plumber vans branded and …

Streets for People / Conch Connect – A New County Sponsored On-Demand Micro-Transit Begins Serving Key West and Stock Island July 15 On Monday, July …

Streets for People / City’s Expands “Work Force Express” Bus Route and Potentially Ruins It In the Process On July 1 the City’s Key West …

Streets for People / Key West Improves Its PeopleforBikes Bike Score and Ranks as #1 in Florida, #44 in U.S.A. and #116 in World Since …

Streets for People / Governor’s Veto Means Local Key West Arts Groups, Theaters and Museums Lose Funds Last week 13 local arts and museum nonprofits …