West Palm Beach's New Electric Bus Runs From the Norton to Northwood. Here's What's Near Its Stops This November

West Palm Beach's new $1 electric bus never touches Flagler Drive. It runs up South Olive Avenue, cuts through on Rosemary or Sapodilla, follows Quadrille Boulevard past the courthouse and turns north on Dixie Highway to Northwood Road. Along that line you'll find most of what is new in West Palm Beach this season: a Saturday market back for the winter, a focaccia shop that opened in October, sound-themed public art going into civic buildings and a Northwood night market at the end of the month.

The service is called West Palm Move. Its fixed route started Sept. 8, and on-demand rides were added Sept. 15. The City says it replaces the RideWPB pilot, which ended May 31, 2026, with a permanent system paid for by developer contributions, mobility fees, the Community Redevelopment Agency and parking fees. The West Palm Move FAQ also says it is separate from the old trolley service.

A Route Built Around the Inland Streets

The official fixed-route page lists stops on South Olive, South Rosemary, Quadrille, Dixie and Northwood Road. Flagler Drive isn't on it. Heading north on weekdays and Sundays, the bus starts at South Olive and Acacia Road. It runs through Okeechobee and Fern on Rosemary, then up Quadrille at Datura, the Courthouse and 4th Street. From there it follows Dixie Highway through 8th, 10th, Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, 13th, North Lakeside Court, 19th and 21st, and finishes on Northwood Road at Dixie and at Spruce, then 24th and Spruce.

Saturdays are different, and the schedule shows it. On Saturdays the Rosemary stops are replaced by stops on South Sapodilla Avenue, and everything else stays the same.

If you usually catch the bus on Rosemary, walk the block to Sapodilla on Saturdays. The southbound route comes back down Dixie and Quadrille, stops at Clematis and Evernia, and returns to South Olive by way of Okeechobee and Dixie and then Pembroke Place.

The City's launch release puts the frequency at every 8 to 10 minutes, and the route page says every 10. Either way, it comes often enough that you don't need a timetable. The live tracker shows where each vehicle is.

Paying takes some getting used to:

• Fixed route: $1 a ride. Tap a credit or debit card or your phone when you board. Cash is not accepted.
• On-demand: $2 a ride, booked in the West Palm Move app, online or by phone at 561-264-0458. It runs daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Using both: a flat $2. If you take on-demand to the fixed route, show the bus driver your ride receipt. If you're going the other way, show the bus driver your upcoming booked ride in the app.
• Accessibility: you can request a wheelchair-accessible on-demand vehicle by phone. The whole fleet is electric.

Quadrille at Clematis: Saturday Morning and Two New Additions

Quadrille Boulevard is where the route matters most this month. The southbound bus stops at Clematis and at Evernia, and the northbound bus stops at Datura and at the Courthouse. That puts you within walking distance of downtown's civic blocks without having to look for parking.

The GreenMarket. The City's waterfront GreenMarket opened its season Oct. 3 on the Great Lawn at 100 N. Clematis St. It runs Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and five vendors are new this season. Saturday buses start at 8 a.m., so you can be at the Great Lawn when the market opens, and on Saturdays the bus uses the Sapodilla stops instead of Rosemary.

The Daily Focaccia. Fernanda Bruna and chef Erjon Musaj held the shop's grand-opening ribbon cutting Oct. 5. According to its Chamber of Commerce listing, it serves Tuscan-style focaccia, sandwiches, organic wine and craft beer. The address is 410 Evernia St., Suite 118, but The Palm Beach Post's photo gallery notes that the storefront faces South Dixie Highway. Look for it there, not on Evernia. The southbound Quadrille and Evernia stop is the nearest one on the route.

The Commons: Feast for the Ears. The fourth edition of the City's Art in Public Places series, "The Commons: 5 Artists 5 Spaces," is scheduled to open in early November. All five Palm Beach County artists made temporary works about sound. Three of the five works are inside the Mandel Public Library:

1. Marcela Ramos Castillo's "Through the Estuary," on the fourth floor.
2. Diana Garcia's collage installation "The Forest That Remains in Memory," on the first floor, the third floor and in the elevators.
3. Pia Dugger's "Soundscape," in the second-floor Teen area. It turns bird songs from her South Florida morning walks into waveforms and patterns.

Sitki Doğan's three-dimensional murals, titled "Vibrant Currents," cover the walls of José Martí Park. Angela Bulich's "Tune In" at City Hall Plaza is a set of seashell-inspired sculptures that respond to visitors with light and sound. The City hasn't announced an exact opening date, so check @WPBAiPP on Instagram before you go.

That gives you a Saturday mostly on foot: the GreenMarket in the morning, the library and City Hall Plaza once the art is up, and focaccia on the way back to the bus. If you're following downtown more closely, our piece on Clematis Street's changing anchors covers the restaurant changes on the same blocks.

The North End: Northwood Road and a Moved Stop

The route ends in Northwood Village, at Northwood and Dixie, Northwood and Spruce, and 24th and Spruce. Within a few blocks of those stops, the Northwood Village directory lists Day By Day Shoppe at 513 Northwood Road, which sells gifts, home décor, kitchen goods and jewelry. Around the corner are Café Sweets Bakery at 519 25th St., ArtWorks of Northwood, a framing and fine-art printing studio at 575 25th Street, and Wendell Gallery at 411 24th Street. These are established businesses, so call ahead for holiday-season hours.

Regular riders should know about one change. Since Sept. 28, the southbound stop at 24th and Dixie has been closed indefinitely because of local construction. West Palm Move says the nearest open stop is Northwood and Spruce, about a four-minute walk away. A temporary southbound stop at 23rd and Dixie is about six minutes away. Separately, the City's Oct. 28 road report lists a closure on 23rd Street for The District at Northwood that runs through the end of November.

The north end's big night is Friday, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving. Nights in Northwood Village returns to the 400 block of Northwood Road from 6 to 9 p.m. It's free, with Jam-X The Band and more than 50 vendors for holiday shopping. Because the event ends when the fixed route stops for the night at 9 p.m., the last stretch of the evening doesn't line up with the bus. If you're staying until the band finishes, on-demand rides run until 10 p.m. for $2.

What the First Weeks Showed

The service started small. The Palm Beach Post reported, citing city records, that West Palm Move averaged about 50 passengers a day over the first three days of its opening week in September 2026. With a bus every 8 to 10 minutes for 15 hours on a weekday, that number shows the City has built more capacity than early ridership needs.

WPTV talked to riders in launch week. A first-time rider told the station the service was convenient and said he planned to use it more. The station also reported that the City has an ongoing parking study covering Mango Promenade, El Cid, Dixie and parts of Flamingo Park.

The City's stated goal is to give people an option for short trips "without having to get in their car for every trip," in the words of Jessica Keller, the City's Parking & Mobility Administrator, in the launch release. This November, short trips along that route reach a Saturday market, a new bakery-café, art in the library and a Friday night market in Northwood. The route map has a note that the network design may change, so check the West Palm Move site before you build a weekend around a particular stop.

At Lighthouse Realty Group, we follow changes like a new bus route because they affect everyday life in each part of West Palm Beach, from Northwood to the blocks south of Okeechobee. If you'd like to talk through what the new route means for the part of the city you live in or are thinking about, schedule a free consultation with our team.