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Streets for People / Uber-Like Transit Coming to Key West?
Posted on July 30, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written for and published by KONK Life newspaper on July 30, 2021 and is reprinted here with permission. Proposed Switch to On-Demand Transit Service Relieves City Leaders from Having to Make the Hard Decisions to Invest More in Public Transit. For Now. At the July 22 City Commission Budget […]
Streets for People / Our Top 7 Bike, Walk, Transit and Streets for People Articles of 2021
Posted on July 24, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written for and published by KONK Life newspaper on July 24, 2021 and is reprinted here with permission. (Featured picture by Britt Myers, Keys Weekly); With this our twenty-sixth Streets for People column for KONK Life newspapers, we’ve reached the halfway point of the year. A good point for a little […]
Streets for People / With the Duval Street Revitalization Plan Way Behind Schedule, Here’s 3 Quick Wins for Pedestrianizing Duval Street Now
Posted on July 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written for and published by KONK Life newspaper on July 16, 2021 and is reprinted here with permission. While last season doesn’t exactly seem to have ended, we have another season rolling around soon. Christmas is in 5 months, and the madness begins anew. Since the Duval Street Revitalization […]
Streets for People / Limiting Large Cruise Ships Gives Us an Opportunity to Make Duval Street & Historic Downtown More Local Focused, Again
Posted on July 9, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written for and published by KONK Life newspaper on July 9, 2021 and is reprinted here with permission. On July 12 the City Commission will explore the best way to move forward in the aftermath of the Florida Legislature and Governor’s decision to nullify the citizens of Key West […]
Streets for People / Mayor Bravely Puts Onus on Commission to Do Heavy Lifting on Better Bike, Walk and Transit. Will They Come Through?
Posted on July 2, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written for and published by KONK Life newspaper on July 2, 2021 and is reprinted here with permission. The City Commission received a final draft of the fourth of six priorities for its “Key West Forward Strategic Plan” on June 15. The “Traffic and Pedestrian Friendliness” plank, full of […]
Streets for People / Monorail, Monorail, Monorail or Just Say No to Privatizing Key West Parking
Posted on June 25, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written for and published by KONK Life newspaper on June 25, 2021and is reprinted here with permission. On Tuesday, June 15 the City Commission heard a pitch from United Parking Partners’ Florida subsidiary FLParkingCo to privatize the City’s Parking Department, lessening the operational burden of our local government while bringing […]
Streets for People / New City Manager Will Be Good for Bike, Walk, Transit and for Key West
Posted on June 18, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written for and published by KONK Life newspaper on June 18, 2021and is reprinted here with permission. On Tuesday night the City Commission ended their search for a new city manager by naming Interim City Manager Patti McLauchlin to the job. Ms. McLauchlin is an excellent choice and has […]
Streets for People / PeopleForBikes Ranks Key West 39th Best City for Bicycling
Posted on June 11, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and published for KONK Life newspaper June 11, 2021 and is reprinted here with permission. On June 3 PeopleForBikes released its 2021 City Ratings expanding internationally for the first time for this its fourth annual iteration. The City of Key West received a score of 58 on a […]
Streets for People / First and Bertha Streets Corridor Road Improvements Are Another Missed Opportunity to Make Bicycling Safer and Easier
Posted on June 4, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and published for KONK Life newspaper on June 4, 2021 and is reprinted here with permission. Monroe County is in the middle of a year-long construction project to rebuild the First Street/Bertha Street corridor, a major thoroughfare that crosses the entire island, Gulf to Atlantic. The City’s Bike/Ped Plan indicates that […]
Streets for People / Want Sidewalk Cafés and Other Amenities? We Need to Take Some Space from Cars
Posted on May 28, 2021 1 Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and published for KONK Life newspaper on May 28, 2021 and is reprinted here with permission. On May 19 the City announced they’ll begin tighter code compliance with the Sidewalk Café Permit Ordinance. Comments from business owners and residents started popping up on Facebook. In response, a week later the […]