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Streets for People / Innovative Lama E-Scooter Share Comes to Key West
Posted on March 18, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on March 18, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. A gleaming new e-scooter (the stand-up kind) share service started in Key West last week […]
Streets for People / Stock Island and Lower Keys Workforce Housing Needs Frequent Transit
Posted on March 11, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on March 11, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. Affordable workforce housing is blossoming in the Lower Keys. Over 700 units of workforce housing […]
Streets for People / We Can Adapt and Save the Florida Keys from Rising Seas
Posted on March 4, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on March 5, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. Feature photo credit Rob O’Neal/Florida Trend Magazine. Last week the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
Streets for People / Will a Deal On Cruise Ships Finally Lead to Closing the Gap at Admiral’s Cut?
Posted on February 25, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on February 25, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. Feature photo credit Rob O’Neal. For more than a decade and at least as long […]
Streets for People / City’s On-Demand Transit Service Is Delayed Again. It’s 10-Year Plan is Scrapped Too
Posted on February 18, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on February 18, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. At a Public Hearing on September 29 Key West Transit announced that its “Way Ahead” was to […]
Streets for People / Airport’s Need for Additional City Land Could Help Spur Salt Ponds and Smathers Beach “Locals” Bike Trails
Posted on February 11, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on February 11, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. Last April the City’s then Multi-Modal Transportation Coordinator released a Transportation Report 2021 sharing that the Smathers […]
Streets for People / Too Much Surface Parking at The Lofts Is a Wasteful Use of Valuable Downtown Land
Posted on February 4, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on February 3, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. We’re on record as big supporters of the City using the 3.2 acres in Bahama Village to […]
Streets for People / Here’s the Real Lowdown on the Do’s and Don’ts for E-Bikes and E-Scooters in Key West
Posted on January 28, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on January 28, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. If there’s one thing people on the island of Key West love to complain about more […]
Streets for People / Time to Reimagine Car-Centric, Mainland Style Searstown and Kmart into Island-Friendly Centers with Housing
Posted on January 21, 2022 1 Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on January 21, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. We know how to make mainland visitors feel welcome don’t we? Driving into Key West along […]
Streets for People / Mallory Sq., Diesel Plant, Duval Street and Bahama Village Housing Projects Create Synergy to Bolster Downtown
Posted on January 14, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on January 14, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. After quick and expert work in putting out an RFP and selecting a vendor in the […]