Every 8 to 10 minutes, a small electric bus leaves S. Olive Avenue at Acacia Road, near the Norton Museum of Art. It heads north through downtown on Quadrille Boulevard, runs up Dixie Highway past 8th, 13th and 21st streets, and finishes on Spruce Avenue at 24th Street in Northwood Village. The fare is $1, paid by tapping a card, phone or smartwatch. The bus does not take cash.
That route is West Palm Move. The city launched it on Sept. 8 and added app-based on-demand rides on Sept. 15. It replaces the RideWPB pilot, which ended May 31, 2026. The bigger change is where the route goes. For years, city transit here was built mostly around downtown. The new fixed route is a north–south spine, and the most useful trips on it run well past Clematis Street.
Seventeen Stops, Eight of Them on Dixie
The city publishes the full stop list on wpbmove.com. Going north, there are 17 stops, and the line splits into four clear segments.
| Segment | Northbound stops, Sunday–Friday | Saturday change |
|---|---|---|
| South end | S Olive Ave at Acacia Rd and Vallowe Ct; S Rosemary Ave at Okeechobee Blvd and Fern St | Rosemary stops move to S Sapodilla Ave at Okeechobee and Fern |
| Downtown | Quadrille Blvd at Datura St, the Courthouse and 4th St | None |
| Dixie Highway | 8th, 10th, PBL Blvd, 13th, N Lakeside Ct, 19th, 21st | None |
| North end | Northwood Rd at Dixie Hwy and at Spruce Ave; 24th St at Spruce Ave | None |
Going south, the bus stops at Quadrille and Clematis and at Quadrille and Evernia, then runs back down Rosemary, or Sapodilla on Saturdays, to Okeechobee and Dixie, S. Olive at Pembroke Place, and Acacia. The city names six popular destinations along the route: Northwood Village, downtown and Clematis, CityPlace, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Good Samaritan Medical Center and the Norton Museum of Art.
Service hours are 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. The whole fleet is electric.
What the Line Leaves Out
The stop list also shows what the route skips. Flagler Drive, North Railroad Avenue, the Brightline station and the Tri-Rail station are not named stops. The waterfront and both rail connections sit off the spine.
Railroad Avenue is the gap people will notice first. The Nora Hotel opened Oct. 19 at 1135 N. Railroad Ave., with the Pastis French brasserie and Jack's Bar opening alongside it. The Warehouse District has kept growing since we wrote about North Railroad Avenue becoming a neighborhood, but the fixed route still doesn't stop there.
On-demand rides fill in those gaps. They cost $2, run daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., and can be booked in the West Palm Move app, online, or by phone at 561-264-0458. A trip that uses both the bus and an on-demand car costs a flat $2, because transfers are free. If you're going from the bus to a car, show the bus driver your booked ride in the app. If you're going from a car to the bus, show the driver your ride receipt.
According to the Palm Beach Post, the service covers downtown and other neighborhoods east of Interstate 95. At launch, WLRN reported that on-demand trips are capped at five miles. Wheelchair-accessible on-demand vehicles can be requested by phone.
What Came Before, and Why the Shape Changed
Many residents still picture the old green and yellow trolleys downtown, but the Downtown Development Authority ended those free trolleys on May 31, 2023. RideWPB came after them. WPTV described it as a fleet of blue vans that mostly served downtown and carried about 20,000 riders a month. The DDA's separate Circuit On-Demand service ran its last day on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
So as of this fall, West Palm Move is the main city-run way to get around without a car, and it reaches much farther north than downtown. The city's release says the service is paid for through developer contributions, mobility fees, the Community Redevelopment Agency and parking fees. WLRN reported on Oct. 19 that the operating contract requires fixed-route waits under 10 minutes and on-demand waits under 15.
Ridership started small. The Palm Beach Post found that city records showed about 50 passengers a day during the first three days of opening week, a start city leaders called encouraging. RideWPB's 20,000 riders a month works out to roughly 650 a day, but that figure came from a mature service. The September number covers three days of the fixed route alone, before on-demand rides began.
A Saturday That Uses the Whole Line
Saturday is the day the route's shape makes the most sense, and this season's calendar fits it well.
- Start at the south end. The Norton Museum of Art opened two exhibitions on Oct. 31, Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb and Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery. Both run through March 14, 2027. The route's southern stops are on S. Olive at Acacia and Vallowe.
- Ride north to Quadrille for the GreenMarket. The market came back Oct. 3 at Waterfront Commons, 100 N. Clematis St., and runs every Saturday through May 22, 2027. New vendors this season include Ba Café, Arya Tea Bar, Macaroner, Sayblee Products and Truffle Smiles, and the Master Chef Showcase starts Saturday, Nov. 14. The bus is especially handy on market days. From 5 a.m. to 3 p.m., the 100 block of North and South Clematis, the 200 to 400 blocks of Clematis, and Lantana Avenue between Banyan Boulevard and North Clematis are closed. Flagler Drive is closed between Banyan and Datura from 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Northbound buses stop at Quadrille and Datura. Southbound buses stop at Quadrille and Clematis.
- Finish in Northwood Village. Ride back up Dixie to Northwood Road. The village directory lists Soulmates Music Record Store at 431 Northwood Rd, a vinyl shop that also serves café fare, and Nowlin Flower Shop at 457 Northwood Rd, which says it has operated since 1934. Northwood Glass Art at 524 Northwood Rd advertises fused-glass workshops on Saturdays, as well as Tuesdays and Thursdays. For food, the directory lists Cornucopia Café at 521 Northwood Rd, Mestizo Fusion Cuisine at 511 Northwood Rd, Celona Restaurant & Gin Lounge at 429 Northwood Rd, and Palm Beach Lobsters & Seafood at 2501 N. Dixie Hwy.
The whole day costs $1 per bus ride. Saturday service starts at 8 a.m., so the first bus leaves well after the market roads close.
The North End Is Still Being Built
The north end of the route runs through an active construction zone, and service there is changing. The southbound stop at 24th Street and Dixie Highway has been closed indefinitely for construction since Sept. 28. Via's live tracker shows a temporary southbound stop at 23rd Street and Dixie Highway in its place.
A few blocks west, the city has closed 23rd Street between Pinewood Avenue and Broadway Avenue through the end of November for The District project. According to the city's Northwood Village project page, The District will extend Broadway from Northwood Road to 23rd Street and realign Pinewood Avenue. The Northwood/Pleasant City CRA's strategic plan, adopted Sept. 14, 2026, expects The District at Northwood to be finished in 2027. The same plan sets aside $170,000 in its first year for Northwood Village streetscape work, including new trash receptacles, better lighting and repairs to the existing pergolas on Northwood Road.
Stop locations near 23rd and 24th streets are a snapshot as of late October, so check the live tracker before heading to the north end.
Nov. 27 Tests the Evening Schedule
The next Nights in Northwood Village is Friday, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Northwood Road. The city is billing it as a start to local holiday shopping, with more than 50 vendors selling handmade goods, art, fashion and vintage finds, and live music from Jam-X The Band.
Weekday buses run every 8 to 10 minutes until 9 p.m., the same hour the event ends, while on-demand rides run until 10 p.m. For anyone staying until the band finishes, the simplest plan is two separate trips: a $1 bus ride up to Northwood in the evening and a $2 on-demand ride home after the music ends.
At The Luxury Palms Group, we follow changes like this new route because they affect daily life on certain blocks before they show up anywhere else. If you live near one of these stops and want to know what that means for your home's value, Stephanie Muzzillo and our team can explain how West Palm Beach is changing street by street. Request a complimentary home valuation.
