Key West Transit Development Plan FY2025-2034

CHAPTER 3: EXISTING SERVICES 3.0 Evaluation

Key West public transportation services provide connections to the community’s multimodal transportation network as well as to system-wide connections to the following activity centers: » Duval Loop: Old Town/Downtown Key West, Key West Lighthouse, Mallory Square, Truman Waterfront Park, Key West Library, and Key West Theater » Lower Keys Shuttle: Old Town/Downtown Key West, Marathon » Workforce Express: Old Town/Downtown Key West, Stock Island A performance trend analysis and a peer agency review were conducted to assess how efficiently KWT supplies its fixed-route transit services and how effectively those services meet the needs of the area. These analyses include use of critical performance indicators to provide a starting point for understanding the existing system’s level of performance.

The City of Key West Department of Transportation provides public transit services throughout Key West, Stock Island, the Lower Keys, and Marathon, Florida. The service area of Key West Transit is 80.52 square miles, comprised of 18.34 square miles of Key West CCD 1 , 50.66 square miles of Lower Keys CCD, and 11.52 square miles of Middle Keys CCD. According to American Community Survey 2022 (5-year estimate) data, the total population of service area was 59,426, including 35,432 population from Key West CCD, 12,484 from Lower Keys CCD and 11,510 from Middle Keys CCD. Figure 3-1 on the next page shows the service area and main services of Key West Transit. Key West Transit provides three fixed routes, including Duval Loop, Lower Keys Shuttle and Workforce Express. All fixed routes operate seven days per week, except on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. The earliest route begins operation at 5:35 AM, and the last route is 10:00 PM. In addition to the fixed routes service, Key West Transit offers on-demand services to the public within the designated service area, which is currently only one zone in Key West, including Stock Island. Furthermore, special transportation services (STS) are provided for persons qualifying under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

1 Census county divisions (CCDs) are sub-county statistical geographic areas that usually represent a single contiguous area consisting of one or more communities, economic centers, or major land use areas in a county or county equivalent. Ideally, CCD boundaries remain consistent between censuses, facilitating comparison of statistics from one decade to another. CCDs have no legal status and are defined only for the tabulation and presentation of statistical data. The U.S. Census Bureau uses CCDs in the tabulation and presentation of data from the decennial census, the American Community Survey (ACS), and the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Program.

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