West Palm Move Shuttle in West Palm Beach: Neighborhood Route

WPTV reported that a rider used West Palm Move in its first week.

West Palm Move is presented as a way to get downtown. On the map, though, it's a north-south line on residential streets that ends at two neighborhood edges. The first month has been about what happens at those ends.

The Line Avoids Flagler Drive

The City of West Palm Beach launched the fixed route on September 8, 2026. It runs between the Norton Museum of Art and Northwood Village every 8 to 10 minutes, and each ride costs $1. The fleet is all electric. The city partnered with the mobility company Via to design the network. Deputy City Administrator Armando Fana told WPTV that service started with seven vehicles and that frequency guided the design: "No matter what time you get to the stop, you won't wait more than 10 minutes."

The waterfront isn't part of the route. The published stop list on wpbmove.com follows S Olive Avenue, S Rosemary Avenue, Quadrille Boulevard, Dixie Highway, Northwood Road and Spruce Avenue. Flagler Drive doesn't appear.

Southbound buses use most of the same streets, with some stop differences. Downtown, they stop on Quadrille at Clematis Street and at Evernia Street before turning onto Rosemary at Fern. On Saturdays they switch to Sapodilla at Fern and at Dreyfoos. Farther south they make stops at Okeechobee and Dixie, then on S Olive at Pembroke Place and Acacia Road. The site lists CityPlace and downtown Clematis as popular destinations. It does not list the Brightline station, the Kravis Center or CityPlace as stops.

Most of the line is on Dixie Highway, past the side streets of the neighborhoods between downtown and Northwood. The service gets you downtown, but much of it runs through residential blocks.

The Two Ends of the Line

Because the route ends inside residential areas, the debate over parking began within a week. WPTV reported concerns that people trying to avoid downtown parking costs would leave their cars on Mango Promenade's streets and catch the shuttle at its south end. The report also included concerns that construction parking from downtown high-rise projects and from PBAU already fills those streets.

The city's reply, as reported by WPTV, named the neighborhoods it is studying:

"At the same time, the City is conducting a parking study that includes Mango Promenade, El Cid, Dixie, and portions of Flamingo Park. That study will provide a better understanding of existing parking conditions and help identify potential parking management strategies for the area."

The city told WPTV it had no data showing riders were parking on neighborhood streets to reach the route. It said it would judge the service by actual ridership and travel patterns and run a follow-up transit survey once the service has been operating for a while. No ridership numbers have been published yet.

The funding ties into the same issue. According to the city's launch release, the service is paid for by developer contributions, mobility fees, the Community Redevelopment Agency and parking fees. Fana pitched the fare to WPTV as "cheaper than gas, it's cheaper than parking." Downtown parking revenue helps pay for a bus that could, in theory, let some drivers skip downtown parking. The parking study is how the city plans to find out whether that's happening on Mango Promenade, El Cid, Dixie and parts of Flamingo Park.

The City's Answer Is the On-Demand Half

The city's position is that riders shouldn't have to drive to the route in the first place. On-demand rides started September 15. They run daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and cost $2, booked through the West Palm Move app, online or by phone at 561-264-0458. Transfers between on-demand and the fixed route are free, so a trip that combines both costs a flat $2. If you ride on-demand first, you show the fixed-route driver your receipt in the app.

In its statement to WPTV, the city said on-demand rides would let people "connect with the Fixed-Route without driving to a bus stop and parking nearby." Before launch, the city's May release described coverage east of I-95, from 45th Street south to Arlington Road. The app is the place to check whether a specific address is in the zone.

All of this replaces RideWPB, the city's pilot downtown shuttle, which ended May 31, 2026. Over the summer gap, Rose Trolley ran limited on-demand service, and the Downtown Development Authority's Circuit On-Demand kept operating. Circuit is separate from West Palm Move and still runs.

The Details That Can Trip Up a First Ride

• No cash. On the fixed route you pay by tapping a credit or debit card, phone or smartwatch. On-demand rides are paid in the app. Neither service accepts cash.
• Hours depend on the day. The fixed route runs 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. On-demand runs until 10 p.m. every day.
• Saturday buses use Sapodilla. On Saturdays, buses run on Sapodilla instead of Rosemary through the Okeechobee crossing.
• The north-end southbound stop has moved. Starting 9/28, the southbound stop at 24th and Dixie closed indefinitely. A temporary stop is at 23rd and Dixie, and Northwood Road at Spruce Avenue is also nearby. Via's live tracker already shows the temporary 23rd Street stop.
• The route may change. The service's site says the network design is subject to change.

Late October, Using One Line

The route makes the most difference on evenings when parking downtown is hardest. Here's how the next few weeks line up with its stops and hours.

Thursday, October 29. The free Clematis by Fright event runs 6 to 9 p.m. at the WPB Waterfront, 100 N. Clematis Street, with live music and Halloween activities. The southbound Quadrille at Clematis stop is a short walk up Clematis. The weekday fixed route also stops at 9 p.m., the same time the event ends. A ride home after the music finishes would need on-demand, which runs until 10.

Before that, on Evernia. The Palm Beach Post reports that The Daily Focaccia opened October 5 on Evernia Street downtown, serving focaccia and sandwiches made fresh. Southbound buses stop at Quadrille and Evernia.

Saturday, October 31. The Norton Museum of Art opens two exhibitions, Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb and Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery, with member previews on October 30. That's a Saturday, so buses run 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and use the Sapodilla stops through the Okeechobee crossing.

The north end. Stet News reported that Palm Beach Lobsters & Seafood is open in Northwood Village at 2501 N. Dixie Highway, serving Florida lobster, stone crab and local seafood. The Catch Seafood & Sushi, at 529 25th St., lists online ordering on its site. Both are a short walk from the stops at Northwood Road and Spruce Avenue and at 24th Street and Spruce.

If you own a home on one of these blocks, the nearest stop and the city's parking study now come with your address, and buyers will ask about both. Vicky McKeown can walk you through how a home near the route is likely to show, from the walk to Dixie Highway to the curb out front. Request a Concierge Review and we'll look at it together.