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Streets for People / County Officials Reserved On-Street Parking Stands In Way of Completing Southard Street Bike Lane
Posted on April 21, 2023 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story is cross posted in KONK Life newspaper on April 21 2023. 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. Southard Street has had a bike lane from White Street down to Whitehead at the Green Parrot for as long as anyone […]
Streets for People / The Canary In Our Florida Keys Coal Mine Is Our Fragile Water System. Here’s 10 Things to Reign In Overtourism and Overdevelopment that Killed the Bird
Posted on March 31, 2023 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story is cross posted in KONK Life newspaper on March 31 2023. 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 most of us experienced a temporary water shut off March 11 and 12 and then a boil-water order, Florida Keys Aqueduct […]
Streets for People / New “Locals” Multi-Use Paths Behind the Airport Move Closer to Reality, Maybe
Posted on March 17, 2023 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story is cross posted in KONK Life newspaper on March 17 2023. 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. Three new multi-use paths behind the airport are moving closer to reality as City and County officials take the advice of the […]
Streets for People / One Year In Lama E-Scooters Are Proving to Be a Success. We Need to Make It Easier for Them to Expand
Posted on March 1, 2023 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story is cross posted in KONK Life newspaper on March 1 2023. 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 March we brought news of a gleaming new e-scooter (the stand-up kind) share service, starting in downtown Key West that whisks […]
Streets for People / New Bike Lane on Bertha Street Is Half a Loaf for Bike Safety
Posted on February 24, 2023 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story is cross posted in KONK Life newspaper on February 24, 2023. 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. As we near the end of what seems like a decades long rebuilding of Bertha Street, we’re happy to report a tiny […]
Streets for People / Do We Need a Traffic Light at Duck Avenue and S. Roosevelt?
Posted on February 9, 2023 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story is cross posted in KONK Life newspaper on February 10, 2023. 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. FDOT is busy in Key West this month starting three new projects. A 2-year $24M rebuild of S. Roosevelt between Bertha and […]
Streets for People / City Snags $400K Federal Safe Streets Planning Grant That May Lead To Additional Construction Dollars
Posted on February 3, 2023 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story is cross posted in KONK Life newspaper on February 3, 2023. 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. On February 1 the U.S. Department of Transportation announced $800 million in grant awards for 510 projects throughout the country from a […]
Streets for People / City and FDOT Fail, Again, to Follow Key West Bike Plan. This Time On Whitehead Street
Posted on January 27, 2023 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story is cross posted in KONK Life newspaper on January 27, 2023. 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. On January 18, FDOT officials presented City Commissioners with an update about three projects about to begin construction in Key West. One […]
Streets for People / The Lofts Moves Forward With Less Car Parking and More Bike Racks
Posted on January 20, 2023 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story is cross posted in KONK Life newspaper on January 20, 2023. 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. On January 18, the one-year anniversary of city residents approving a referendum to lease 3.2 acres of City-owned land in […]
Streets for People / Three Crashes = 3 Bicycle Rider Deaths Leads 2022’s Top 10 Bike, Walk, Transit and Streets for People Stories
Posted on December 16, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Chris Hamilton. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on December 16, 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. Breaking ground on an expanded airport. Planning for refurbishing Mallory Square, revitalizing Duval Street, renovating […]