Monthly Archives: March 2024

March Madness and the Duval Loop

In intending to update an older article on the Duval Loop for today’s column, I asked my friend, Thaddeus Cohen who lives in Bahama Village, for some thoughts on why the Duval Loop ridership has never recovered its pre-COVID highs, despite the fact that the number of visitors and our downtown economy have been thriving […]

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Monroe County to City’s Request for Bike Lane: Drop Dead

By Chris Hamilton. Story is cross posted at KONK Life on March 8, 2024.  Follow us at  Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook. For those who remember the infamous New York City Daily News headline “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD” in 1975, prompted by then President Ford saying he would deny federal assistance to […]

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Key West Improving Infrastructure for Pedestrian Safety

By Chris Hamilton. Story is cross posted at KONK Life on March 1, 2024.  Follow us at  Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook. Perhaps you’ve seen the Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons recently installed along Northside Dr. near the Clayton Sterling Baseball Complex and along Eaton Street at Frances Street. Or maybe you’ve come across […]

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