Key West Transit Development Plan FY2025-2034

5.0 Review of Plans and Studies

Islamorada Technical Memorandum; Feasibility Investigation for Bus Stops Shelter Installation: Completed March 2023 Recommend the Village consider the future Monroe County Transit Department plans to establish a Bus Transit route throughout all the Keys. Monroe County is currently developing a three-year plan to expand and improve the service throughout the Keys, which may include the coordination of new bus stops and the modification of the existing ones. Monroe County has communicated its wish to coordinate with each municipality for a uniform bus shelter design throughout the Florida Keys. Recommended that the Village performs a full Transit Study to gather passenger data and plan for future expansion of the system, considering Monroe County Transit expansion plans and determining if additional Northbound or Southbound bus stops are warranted. 5.0.2 Regional Plans: The regional plans for Monroe County highlight the U.S. 1 corridor and Miami-Dade County comprehensive studies and strategies. The Monroe County US 1 Transportation Master Plan (TMP), completed in 2021, provides a detailed action plan to enhance traffic flow and safety. The Miami-Dade Transit Development Plan (TDP) emphasizes expanding regional services, including connectivity via the Dade-Monroe Express. 2023 Draft U.S. 1 Arterial Travel Time and Delay Study The U.S. 1 Arterial Travel Time and Delay Study was completed by the County’s professional traffic engineering consultant who conducts an established systematic traffic monitoring program to monitor traffic volumes and travel speeds of U.S. 1 as well as on each of the twenty-four study segments on U.S. 1. This review has been conducted annually since 1992 and every two years since 2013. The 2023 draft study utilized the updated methodology and indicates that the overall LOS for the entire length of U.S. Highway 1 has fallen from LOS C to LOS D, and there is no reserve capacity for additional trips. According to the approved policies and regulations in the Comprehensive Plan and LDC, this would mean that the County may not permit new development, other than single-family homes, unless the proposed development’s traffic impact is mitigated. With the draft study indicating an overall LOS D on U.S. 1 with a median speed of 44.7 miles-per-hour, an applicant would need to work with the County and FDOT to identify mitigation and improvement projects to achieve and maintain compliance with the implemented LOS, represented by a median speed of 45 mph. The 2023 draft study requires approval by the Monroe County BOCC, after which professional staff will incorporate it into the Biennial Assessment of Public Facilities Capacity Report, which is usually presented for adoption at the October or November BOCC meeting and would then be used for development review. The Monroe County BOCC will discuss the 2023 draft study at the regularly scheduled Sept. 20, 2023, BOCC meeting.

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