Key West Transit Development Plan FY2025-2034

10.2 Consistency with Federal, State and Local Plans

10.2 Consistency with Federal, State and Local Plans The Key West Transit FY 2025-2034 TDP identifies areas of strength and needed growth for public transportation services in the city over the next ten years. As such, the plan also attains consistency with several local and state plans. As a multi-modal and strategic transit plan, the TDP is consistent with the following plans: Key West Forward: 2021 Strategic Plan City of Key West 2022 Mobility Study City of Key West 2019 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan City of Key West Comprehensive Plan City of Marathon Comprehensive Plan Components Village of Islamorada Comprehensive Plan Components City of Key Colony Beach Comprehensive Plan Components City of Layton Comprehensive Plan Components Monroe County 2030 Comprehensive Plan Monroe County U.S. 1 Transportation Master Plan Components. Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan (TDSP) Key West Transit Title VI Plan FDOT District Six FY 2024/25 - 2028/29 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Florida Transportation Plan (FTP) FDOT State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) FDOT District Six Work Program (WP)

By coordinating with these ongoing planning efforts, Key West Transit can position itself to secure optimal support and funding for implementation of the Short-Term and Long-Term Plans priorities. As described in the previous sections, many findings and needs identified in the City of Key West FY 2025-34 TDP are consistent with the region’s transportation goals & objectives. 10.3 Financial Strategies for Implementation As described in Chapter 9, the Ten-Year Plan outlines service and capital needs that if implemented, will effectively double the size (fleet, staffing, maintenance facility needs) of the Key West Transit Fixed Route system. For any transit agency, such an expansion is an expensive proposition that requires further analysis and community consensus building beyond the confines of a TDP development process. For many communities in Florida, such an expansion in a transit system requires an exploration of securing new sources of local funding, such as a Dedicated Sales Tax and/or Infrastructure tax that earmarks funding for the identified needs. Key West Transit should consider a partial implementation of the Long Term Plan if the needs in the Short-Term Plan needs are addressed first. For example, in some communities, there are State Transit Corridor Program grants awarded for Frequency Improvements for a productive or regional-connected corridor. It is possible that Key West Transit could secure such an operating grant and potentially secure a much lower Local Match than is typical for

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