West Palm Move: The City's Replacement for RideWPB

Three different names get used interchangeably when people talk about getting around West Palm Beach without a car, and only two of them describe something you can ride today. Here is the plain version.

RideWPB ended May 31, 2026. West Palm Move launched on September 4, 2026 as the City's permanent replacement, with both fixed-route and on-demand electric service.

Circuit is still operating as a DDA-supported downtown on-demand electric shuttle. It is separate from West Palm Move.

What RideWPB Was

RideWPB was the City of West Palm Beach's own mobility program. It ran two things: an on-demand service you booked for a pickup, and a compact downtown circulator that made 15 stops on a one-directional loop rather than running out and back along a single line.

The City retired the program on May 31, 2026. Nothing branded RideWPB is in service today, and the downtown fixed-route circulator that ran under it is no longer running.

What West Palm Move Is

The City of West Palm Beach officially announced the launch of West Palm Move on September 4, 2026 — a permanent transit network combining a frequent, all-electric fixed route with app-based on-demand rides, replacing the RideWPB pilot that ended May 31, 2026. It is the same two halves RideWPB offered, rebuilt on electric vehicles and made permanent.

The City has published fares: $1 per fixed-route ride and $2 per on-demand ride. It has also indicated that on-demand trips may direct riders to a nearby designated "virtual stop" rather than picking up at the door.

For the specifics beyond the fares — the route map, the coverage boundary, the app, and the vehicles — go to the City's own West Palm Move page rather than a secondhand summary. If you see any of those details stated with confidence somewhere else, treat them as unconfirmed until the City posts them.

What Circuit Is, and Why It Is Not the Same Thing

Circuit is a separate service, supported by the Downtown Development Authority rather than run by the City as part of West Palm Move. It is an app-based, shared electric shuttle built for short trips in and around downtown West Palm Beach and Palm Beach, and it operates daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Circuit was not replaced, discontinued, or folded into West Palm Move. It kept running through the RideWPB shutdown and is running now. Fares can vary by zone and party size, so check the Ride Circuit app for the current price before you book.

Read the full breakdown in our Circuit guide.

What This Means If You Live Downtown

For residents of the downtown corridor — the Clematis Street blocks, CityPlace, the Flagler Drive waterfront buildings — the day-to-day picture did not change much when RideWPB ended, because Circuit covers the short downtown trips and it is still there. What ended was the City's separate layer on top of it — and as of September 4, 2026, that layer is back.

The rest of the car-light toolkit is unchanged: Brightline from the Evernia Street station for Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Orlando; Tri-Rail for the commuter corridor; and a downtown core that is walkable end to end. West Palm Move now adds a City-run fixed route and on-demand layer back into that mix at $1 and $2 fares.

For buyers weighing a downtown condo against a suburban address, that is still the honest case: the short trips are covered today, and the City has now put a permanent electric system back in place. What is worth confirming before you count on it is exactly where the fixed route and the on-demand zone reach.

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