TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN FLORIDA

MICROPOLITAN AREAS/HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Key West

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1891-1898 - Key West Street Railway Co.
1898-1905 - Key West Electric Co.
1905-1933 - Key West Electric Co. (Stone & Webster)
1926 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service
Prior to 1954 - Key West Transit Co.
1954-1959 - Key Transit Co.
1959-1961 - Islands Transit Co.
1961-1962 - Key Islands Transit Co.
1962-1969 - Southern Keys Transit, Inc.
After 1969 - Antillands Bus Co. of Key West

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Key West Public Transit System
Primarily city service
Outlying Monroe County - rural system


Palatka

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1889 - Palatka & Heights Street Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Putnam County Transit
Serves Putnam County


NEWER MICROPOLITAN AREAS

Arcadia
DeSoto County Transit
Serves DeSoto County

Clewiston
Hendry County - Good Wheels
Also serves Glades County (classified as rural county)

Homosassa Springs
Citrus County Transit
Serves Citrus County

Lake City
Columbia County - Suwannee Valley Transit Authority
Also serves Hamilton, Suwannee Counties (classified as rural counties)

Okeechobee
Okeechobee County Transit
Serves Okeechobee County

Palm Coast
Flagler County Public Transportation
Serves Flagler County

Sebring
Highlands County Transit
Serves Highlands County

The Villages
Sumter County Transit
Serves Sumter County

Wauchula
Hardee County Transit
Serves Hardee County


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