Key West Transit Development Plan FY2025-2034

Appendix C: Public Involvement Plan

1.0 INTRODUCTION The City of Key West is developing a major update to their 10-Year Transit Development Plan (TDP) for 2025-2034. This TDP Major Update will be a practical and implementable plan that truly reflects the near-term vision for the transit agency’s growth and improvement over time. Primary goals identified for the TDP update include the identification of strategies to increase ridership, the efficiency for current services, and enhanced connectivity to other services both local and/or regional. As a strategic plan, the TDP will identify needs in an unconstrained fashion and identify service improvements for which there is currently no funding anticipated for. A 10-year vision will be generated during this plan update to provide a beneficial tie and consistency with the FDOT’s long range transportation goals and plans. Public involvement will be a critical component of this study. This Public Involvement Plan (PIP) defines the key goals and objectives for public engagement and outreach for the TDP Major Update using the Key West Transit Public Participation Plan (July 2020) as the foundation, which includes an outreach plan to engage minority and limited English proficient populations and includes other constituencies that are traditionally underserved, such as people with disabilities, low-income populations, and others. This PIP will provide an overview of the public outreach activities that will be conducted during the TDP Major Update process and is designed to comply with State statutory requirements.

Rule 14-73.001 requires that the TDP preparation include the following elements: » A PIP approved by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and also approved by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). » Description of the process used, and the public involvement activities undertaken. » Solicitation of comments from FDOT and the regional Workforce Development Board (i.e., CareerSource Research Coast) on the mission, goals, objectives, alternatives, and 10-year implementation program. » Notification of all public meetings at which the TDP is presented to or discussed with FDOT and the regional Workforce Development Board. 2.0 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS Key West Transit believes community participation in the planning and implementation of transportation services is key to improving transit services. Key objectives for this PIP help to provide measures for the Project Team to ensure the success of the community engagement process.

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APPENDIX — Transit Development Plan FY 2025–2034