• Palm Tran

    West Palm Beach, FL 33407

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    3201 Electronics Way
    West Palm Beach, FL 33407
    http://www.palmtran.org
    561.841.4287

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    Palm Tran's mission is to provide safe, efficient, affordable and reliable public transportation for the people of Palm Beach County. 
     

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    July 18, 2024
    Maldonado will oversee Palm Tran's operations, including bus service, connection paratransit service, maintenance and strategic initiatives.
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    July 1, 2020
    The award honors innovative, effective county government programs that strengthen services for residents.
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    Palm Trans Safety Bikerack Credit Palm Tran
    Dec. 17, 2019
    Palm Tran plans to continue this trend by deploying more tactics which exemplify its mission to provide access to opportunity for everyone; safely, efficiently and courteously...
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    The Palm Tran Connection evacuated disabled individuals to the special needs shelter in West Palm Beach, Fla.
    Sept. 23, 2019
    Palm Tran helped evacuate the homeless and provided more than 300 trips for disabled and special needs residents leading up to the storm.
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    Award From Prsa
    Aug. 2, 2019
    The Palm Tran Public Relations Section is being honored by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Sunshine District, which is comprised of more than one thousand public...
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    June 7, 2019
    The program intends to catalyze the success of the PT-Stat program by facilitating an ongoing exchange of ideas between Palm Tran staff and upper management.
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    From L to R: Morganti Vice President of Operations Stephen Sines, Boynton Beach Mayor Steven Grant, Delray Beach City Commissioner Bill Bathurst, Palm Beach County Assistant Administrator Todd Bonlarron, Delray Beach City Commissioner Ryan Boylston, Palm Beach County Commissioner Robert Weinroth, Palm Beach County Mayor Mack Bernard, Delray Beach Mayor Shelly Petrolia, Palm Beach County Commissioner Gregg Weiss, Palm Beach County Administrator Verdenia Baker, Palm Tran Executive Director Clinton B. Forbes, Palm Tran Service Board Chair Carmencita Mitchell and Morganti President Nabil Takla.
    May 9, 2019
    Palm Tran kicked off its South County Facility Expansion project in a groundbreaking ceremony held April 23, 2019, at the construction site at 100 N. Congress Ave. in Delray Beach...
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    Rendering of the Palm Tran South County Facility.
    April 25, 2019
    Palm Tran broke ground on a major expansion and renovation of its South County Facility on April 23, 2019, at 2 p.m.
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    From L to R: Palm Tran Senior Manager of Operations Steven Fields, Assistant Palm Beach County Administrator Todd Bonlarron, Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Chief Mike Mackey, Bus Operator Judeley Cantave, Bus Operator Chiquita Jackson, Bus Operator Jerome Norton, Bus Operator Tony Dino, bus operator Latoya Harvey, Bus Operator Arleanna Pierre and Palm Tran Executive Director Clinton B. Forbes.
    Feb. 27, 2019
    Eager and fresh off Palm Tran bus operator training, three men and three women filled the seats in the Dale R. Smith Conference Room at Palm Tran Administration.
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    Pahokee Mayor Keith Babb, Pahokee Native Telica Abrams-Cunningham and Palm Tran Executive Clinton B. Forbes.
    Feb. 8, 2019
    Palm Tran celebrated its new transit service, Go Glades, in a special kick-off ceremony held at Palm Tran’s facility in Belle Glade on January 23, 2019.

    Articles & News

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    Left to right: Belle Glade Vice Mayor Joquin Almazan, Palm Beach Gardens Mayor Chelsea Reed, Palm Beach TPA Executive Director Valerie Neilson, Palm Tran Service Board Chair Carmencita Mitchell, Palm Beach County Administrator Verdenia C. Baker, Assistant Administrator Todd J. Bonlarron, Top Rider John Harris, Palm Beach County Commissioner Marci Woodward, Palm Beach School Board Member Marcia Andrew and Palm Tran Executive Director Ivan Maldanado.
    Anand Perala
    Aug. 30, 2024
    The initiative that promotes public transit and sustainable transportation in Palm Beach County, Fla., helped boost ridership to exceed Palm Tran’s pre-COVID-19 numbers for the...
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    Two KAT buses.
    Brandon Lewis
    Aug. 22, 2024
    KAT’s new bus network starts Aug. 26 while Palm Tran’s BusLink pilot program begins Sept. 3
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    Brandon Lewis
    Aug. 20, 2024
    Yash Nagal, PMP, Director of Transit Planning, Palm Tran.
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    Anand Perala
    Aug. 12, 2024
    Palm Tran welcomed six maintenance technicians and 18 bus operators into its ranks.
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    Anand Perala
    April 10, 2024
    The challenge aims to promote ridership and sustainability by inspiring the community to take advantage of public transit.
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    Anand Perala
    March 28, 2024
    Eight fixed-route operators and 10 paratransit operators competed in different challenges testing their driving prowess.
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    Brandon Lewis
    Nov. 7, 2023
    Forbes had served as Palm Tran’s executive director since 2015 and will be remembered for committing his professional life to improving public transportation services, fostering...
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    Left to right: Assistant County Administrator Todd J. Bonlarron, County Commissioner Sara Baxter, Ladi March-Goldwire, County Commissioner Maria G. Marino, Palm Tran Bus Operator Marsha Solomon, ATU Local 1577 President Dwight Mattingly and Palm Tran Executive Director Clinton B. Forbes.
    Anand Perala
    Oct. 3, 2023
    Palm Tran Bus Operator Marsha Solomon’s actions exemplify how transit provides connections beyond geographic locations.
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    Pictured left to right on the bottom row: Records and Operations Analyst Gesselle Hernandez, Executive Director Clinton B. Forbes, Bus Operator Tracy Brooks, Bus Operator Raymond Johnson, Bus Operator Joseph Cineus, Bus Operator Mary Hargrett, Bus Operator Chelsea Coppel, Bus Operator De Nell Timothy, Bus Operator Pauris St. Val, Bus Operator LaTonya Simeton, Safety and Training Officer Fred Richardson and Bus Operator Loretta Fuegos. Pictured left to right on the top row: Bus Operator Aamer Semuel, Mayor Gregg K. Weiss, Bus Operator Jean Moise, Assistant County Administrator Todd J. Bonlarron, Commissioner Michael A. Barnett and InterimSafety and Training Operations Manager Delvon Meredith.
    Ivonne Perez
    April 17, 2023
    The program involves classroom work, ADA training, weeks of driving a fixed-route bus with an instructor, as well as training in the agency’s core values.
    Clockwise from top left: CTDOT, Palm Tran, TCAT
    Clockwise from top left: Benjamin Limmer; Fredlyn Johnson; Anthony McCabe and Douglas Jensen.
    Mischa Wanek-Libman
    April 13, 2023
    Personnel updates from around the transit industry.

    Videos & Resources

    Palm Tran Driver Prevented the Death of a Pedestrian
    Oct. 30, 2017
    Palm Tran has recognized Bus Operator Thomas Guthy for his quick-thinking and superior driving skills that prevented the death of a pedestrian.

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    Palm Tran Connection Service Coordinator Israel Aray helps Bettye-Jane Bonin off a Palm Tran Connection paratransit passenger van that arrived at the Special Needs Evacuation Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Bonin was picked up at her home and brought to the shelter hours before Hurricane Nicole was to make landfall on the east coast of Florida.
    Ivonne Perez
    Dec. 27, 2022
    Palm Tran lifted fares and provided more than 5,000 rides, assisting residents in preparing for the storm and evacuating them to shelters.
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    Christian Londono
    Nov. 8, 2022
    Londono is a dedicated transit professional with nine years of transit experience in the areas of transit planning, strategic planning, operations, contract management, data analysis...
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    Michelle Edwards Arnold, director at Collier Area Transit (CAT) presenting Loretta Fuegos, left, and Murray Seabrook with Operator of the Year awards.
    Ivonne Perez
    Oct. 7, 2022
    Palm Tran Bus Drivers Loretta Fuegos and Murray Seabrook took home two top state-wide awards at the 2022 Florida Public Transportation Association (FPTA) Conference: 1st Place...
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    Palm Tran named Tennille Decoste as executive chief of human resources.
    Palm Tran and KCATA make appointments to their executive teams, while OLI names state coordinators.
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    Left to right: County Administrator Verdenia C. Baker, Transit Ambassador Nicky Brown and Executive Director Clinton B. Forbes ride Palm Tran Route 1 to The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens.
    Ivonne Perez
    July 26, 2022
    Dump the Pump Day is designed to encourage everyone to try out public transportation instead of traveling by single-occupant vehicles.
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    Left to right: Palm Beach County Assistant County Administrator Todd J. Bonlarron, Palm Beach County Commissioner Gregg K. Weiss and Palm Tran Executive Director Clinton B. Forbes.
    Ivonne Perez
    April 6, 2022
    The parade returned for its first gathering since 2019 and was led by a vehicle that celebrates inclusion and diversity.
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    Recently graduated interns for Palm Tran. Left to right: Roneil Victor, Ashley Goldsmith, Johnathan James and Megan Swift.
    Ivonne Perez
    Nov. 7, 2021
    Palm Tran has developed a new student-focused program where both agency and student employee grow from the experience.
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    Zimmerman Low Vision Simulation Kit
    Joe Harrington
    July 21, 2021
    Palm Tran aims to ensure operators appreciate the need for engaging riders who have visual impairments or are blind when they are boarding and exiting the bus, finding their seats...
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    Palm Tran's June 2021 graduating bus operators include: Brandy Bell, Angelo DiGrigoli, April Gadson, Mirvens Lixe, Bruce LaRoche Jr., Tangela Roundtree, Adriana Villa.
    Rachel Papp
    June 21, 2021
    Palm Tran operators' rigorous six-week training includes vehicle operations, customer relations and emergency management, with a special focus on protective measures against COVID...