Bus
The City’s Key West Transit , Lower Keys Shuttle, “Key West Rides” on-demand service for Key West and Stock Island, “Work Force Express” bus, Duval Loop and Monroe County’s Conch Connect on-demand micro-transit will help get you around our little island and the Lower Keys without ever needing to drive.
Jump to Duval Loop, Lower Keys Shuttle, Work Force Express, Key West Rides or Conch Connect.
Recent Articles on the Bus from Our Blog
- No Director, No Department, No Direction: Monroe County’s Transit Collapse September 21, 2025
- Duval Loop Eliminated: A Tragedy — and a Turning Point September 14, 2025
- Could Tourist Dollars Be The Answer to Our Transit Funding Problem? August 31, 2025
- Key West Rides Overwhelmed After Conch Connect Shutdown—City Pushes Alternative Buses Amid 36% Spike in Trip Requests August 26, 2025
- Even If You’ll Never Ride the Bus, You’ll Feel It When It’s Gone August 24, 2025
- Transit Is Collapsing in the Keys. Will Business Leaders Let It? August 17, 2025
- Dumb and Dumber Transit Cuts: A Failure of Leadership in the Keys August 3, 2025
- Conch Disconnect: Repeal Without Replace Is Just Regression July 24, 2025
- Conch Disconnect: County Scraps Transit Service for Local Workers July 20, 2025
- Making the Duval Loop Free and Easy Helps Downtown Prosper July 14, 2025
- The $1 Mistake: How Key West Is Undermining the Duval Loop, Again July 6, 2025
- Just Six Months Old, Conch Connect Micro-Transit Is Already Beating Expectations January 24, 2025
- Work To Upgrade Lower Keys Shuttle Bus Stops Completed September 13, 2024
- Come on Man! Wrap and Brand the Duval Loop Buses! July 26, 2024
- Conch Connect – A New County Sponsored On-Demand Micro-Transit Begins Serving Key West and Stock Island July 15 July 12, 2024
- City’s Expands “Work Force Express” Bus Route and Potentially Ruins It In the Process, July 5, 2024
- A New Transit Service Is Coming This Summer. Our Workforce Needs It and Much More Transit Up and Down the Keys, May 24, 2024
- New “Workforce Express” Key West Transit Service Begins May 15 Between Stock Island and Bahama Village May 3, 2023
- Key West Transit’s New On-Demand Service Is Off and Running. Now the City Needs to Put Real Marketing Money Into It December 9, 2022
- Key West Transit’s Uber-Like On-Demand “Key West Rides” Service Begins November 30, November 18, 2022
- City to Begin Work On Making It Easy to Bike to Lower Keys Shuttle and Enhancing Bus Stops from Marathon to Key West November 4, 2022
- Staff Takes Bull By Horns and Upgrades Embarrassing Duval Loop Bus Stop Signs August 20, 2022
- Freebee On-Demand Ride-Hailing-to-Transit Might Provide Stock Island Residents With Reason to Leave Their Cars at Home July 22, 2022
- Duval Loop Ridership is Plummeting. Save the Duval Loop! June 3, 2022
“Work Force Express” Bus
Key West Transit revised this route on July 1, 2024. The service began on June 5, 2023. There are now three morning trips about every hour and 45-minutes in each direction, and then another three trips in the late afternoon. Each trip from Stock Island will take about 40 minutes and from New Town about 30 minutes. More about fares here. Read our story on the origins of the service here. Read our story about the service revisions that debuted on July 1, 2024 here.
Duval Loop
On October 1, 2025 funding for the Duval Loop ran out. But a shut down date for the soon to be suspended service hasn’t been set yet. So it is still running. Stay tuned…We love Key West’s little circulator the “FREE and Frequent” Duval Loop! Beginning July 7, 2025 the City now charges $1 to ride. The Loop makes 18 stops along the way, and is supposed to run every half hour in the mornings — from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., every 20 minutes from 10 a.m. to 8 pm and every 30 minutes from 8 pm to 10 pm. Don’t be surprised if wait times are longer. Visit www.KWTransit.com for more details! (Origin of the Duval Loop)
Lower Keys Shuttle
The Lower Keys Shuttle (LKS) connects Key West Old Town to Mile Marker 53.5 in Marathon, providing a safe and hassle-free way to enjoy yourself downtown. There are 10 trips back and forth daily, with 4 of those lining up with the Miami Dade bus that connects Marathon to Homestead. Fares are $4.00 per trip. Full fare chart below. Visit www.KWTransit.com for more details!
“Key West Rides” On-Demand Service for Key West and Stock Island
Customers anywhere in Key West and Stock Island are be able to use an app on their smartphone to request a ride, from 6 am to 8 pm, to be picked up and then taken between any of 160+ bus stops throughout the service area. The matching technology will group riders going in a similar direction for quick and efficient shared trips at the same $2 per trip price as current City routes.
The easiest way to explain how to use the service is to say it works very similarly to Uber, meaning you use an app on your smartphone to request a ride. The free Key West Ride app is available on Google Play and iOS App Store. Here’s how Key West Transit explains it:
“Trips must start and end within the designated service area. After booking a ride, the app will display the pick-up location where the vehicle will meet you. This is a bus stop -to- bus stop service so that you will be picked up and dropped off close as possible to your destination. Since this is a shared ride service, you may board with others in the vehicle or stop to pick up others. Key West Rides On-Demand currently has only one zone in Key West, including Stock Island. Check the zone and bus stops out in this interactive map.”
Fares
Fares are $2 per trip. The big difference from Uber is that unless you download the separate Token Transit app and pay with that, you’ll still have to pay for your ride the old-fashioned way. With cash or a pass. Rides are $2 per trip, $4 for a One Day Pass, $8 for a 7-Day Pass and $25 for a 31-Day Pass. There are discounts for students, disabled/disadvantaged, military, and seniors.
Please visit the dedicated page for more information on fares and payment methods.
Hours of Operation
- Monday – Sunday 6 AM – 8 PM
(No service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day).
Customer Service
For other customer service needs, including lost-and-found, contact DOT directly at 305-809-3910 or email Key West Transit.
As with an Uber, you’ll be able to track the progress of your ride on the app. A difference from Uber is that this isn’t a door-to-door service. You pinpoint your desired beginning and ending points and the app directs you to the nearest bus stops. For an interactive map of the stop click here.
“Conch Connect” Service Ends August 15, 2025
On Monday, July 15 2024 Monroe County is rolling out a new on-demand, Uber-like micro-transit service called “Conch Connect” on the islands of Key West and Stock Island. It will be run by the Freebee company which operates in 40 cities, mostly across mainland Florida, including a just expanded 2-year-old service in downtown Islamorada. There will five 4-passenger electric Tesla vehicles + 1 wheel chair accessible lift van, whisking people, often sharing the ride, anywhere within the two islands for $2 per ride between the hours of 5 am to 9 pm seven days a week.
Just like with Uber and the City’s Key West Rides on-demand service, the County’s Conch Connect operated by Freebee works via an app you download onto your smart phone. With Conch Connect you can pay by using the same app or pay by cash or with credit card once in the vehicle. The hours of 5 am to 9 am, seven days a week, should accommodate lots of riders.
Conch Connect isn’t exactly Uber because, depending upon how busy they are, it could take up to 15-20 minutes for your ride to arrive. It could be faster. It also may direct you to a nearby bus stop or landmark for pick up or drop off, so it isn’t exactly door-to-door. And you also may be paired up with one or more passengers traveling in the same direction. Which means you might be taking some detours. Then again, you are only paying $2 per ride.
Old Town Trolley Tours
Historic Tours of America offers the Old Town Trolley Tours with 13 stops and service approximately every 30 minutes. The Trolley, which provides a guided tours while you are riding, works especially well if you are staying at one of the many hotels on North and South Roosevelt Boulevards. You’ll pay upwards of $34 a day to ride, depending upon the package, but you receive lots of extras. A good way to get to know the island. Visit https://www.trolleytours.com/key-west for more details.
