PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2025) — Now home to more than 1.5 million residents, Palm Beach County is finally crafting a unified roadmap for its future on the move.

Palm Beach County officials have quietly flipped on the switch for a major infrastructure push. Registered in July 2025, according to ICANN, the newly established PBCMoves.com website serves as a connection between official planning processes and public participation to gather input from residents and business owners and technical experts about future mobility needs.

This isn’t just a website launch. It’s the front end of the county’s first Countywide Transportation Master Plan (CTMP), a planning framework designed to unify the mobility vision across municipalities, transit systems, bike and
Mapping the Rollout

The formal contract with WSP USA Inc., a global engineering and planning firm, was approved by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners in June 202. WSP leads a consortium with firms handling everything from urban design and data modeling to public outreach.

The county website explains its main objective to unite different jurisdictions for mobility projects while implementing safe-streets design principles and connecting major transportation routes and ensuring transportation systems match land development plans. The objective aims to create a shared framework which cities need to develop their individual development plans.

To surface community voices, Palm Beach County has scheduled a series of open-house style public meetings across geographic zones — from Jupiter and the Glades to Delray / Boca and Riviera Beach. The event welcomes all participants to join at any time since they can stay for as long as they want to discuss maps and plans while completing comment cards.

For example, a Western Palm Beach / Glades meeting was held October 6 at the Belle Glade library. Others on deck: a Central County meeting on October 29 in Greenacres, and a countywide stakeholder/business group session October 15.
Simultaneously, the county launched a multi-stakeholder online survey, available at PBCMoves.com (with versions in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole). The survey duration extends from now until October 18 2025.

The responses will proceed directly to the “Strengths & Opportunities” analysis stage to create the final set of recommended strategies.

Why Now?

Palm Beach County is no longer the loose cluster of beach towns and gated suburbs it once was. With more than 1.55 million residents and another 200,000 projected by 2050, the region is functioning as a true metro area — without a metro-scale transportation strategy.

The cities operated their transportation systems separately for multiple years because Boca Raton focused on downtown rail and bike path construction but West Palm Beach used funds for transit-oriented development and the western communities built more roads. The objects shifted independently from one another.

The previous method of development proved successful when the county expanded in a linear fashion. The present development approach focuses on vertical construction but population growth exceeds the capacity of existing road infrastructure. The Countywide Transportation Master Plan provides an opportunity to unite all transportation elements including roads and buses and bicycles and autonomous vehicles into a unified network according to planners.

In other words, Palm Beach County isn’t late to plan. It’s just late to plan together.

What’s at Stake (and What’s New)

The transportation problems in South Florida particularly affect Palm Beach County because of its combination of heavy traffic and separate planning areas and increasing sea level threats and unequal access to transportation and extensive suburban development.

A countywide master plan functions to resolve the issues which emerge from separate departmental operations. A bus route which connects multiple cities requires a single planning strategy instead of separate development for each section. The different areas of the city should be connected through a unified system of sidewalks and bike paths and transit stations which would operate independently of local budget decisions and political influences.

The CTMP needs to achieve a balance between particular local needs and general regional needs as per official statements. A small town requires safe street design and traffic calming measures and pedestrian access instead of a large transit hub. The master plan would enable each jurisdiction to select specific components from a shared framework.

Another point: The plan is being conceived with a long horizon — through 2050, according to county statements. The companies are interested in adapting their services through new technologies including autonomous and micro-mobility systems and climate change mitigation and evolving land use patterns.

The plan depends on public involvement because it will fail if public voices stay outside the center of decision-making. County Administrator Joseph Abruzzo emphasized that public feedback serves as the foundation for creating a plan which addresses the requirements of local residents and commercial entities and community needs.

What To Do (If You’re Listening)

• Go to PBCMoves.com. The surveys are live now and close October 18.
• Attend a meeting. Even if the school is not located in your district you should visit to see the maps and speak with staff members and sign the guestbook.
• People need to talk about their mobility needs with their neighbors to spot safety risks and figure out walking and public transit routes to their destinations. The plan becomes more detailed when different people contribute their thoughts to the discussion.
• The public can stay updated through PBCMoves press releases and county announcement channels. The “Recap” page on the CTMP site already is posting summaries of past public meetings.

The first draft of PBCMoves exists as a conversation instead of a well-organized strategy. The county is placing the maps and markers — now it needs people to walk through the rooms and point where they want the roads, bike paths, and transit lines to go. The people of Palm Beach County have an exceptional opportunity to create the actual future instead of just planning for it.