West Palm Beach Car Service — PBI, Palm Beach Island, and the Brightline Station

West Palm Beach operates on a different rhythm than the rest of South Florida because of "the season" — the Palm Beach winter social calendar that runs from Thanksgiving through Easter and reshapes traffic patterns, event demand, and the available routes across the Intracoastal. During season, the Flagler Memorial Bridge, Royal Park Bridge, and Southern Boulevard Bridge all see sustained backups between 8 and 10 a.m. (staff heading to work on Palm Beach Island) and 5 and 7 p.m. (reverse commute to West Palm). The Flagler Memorial Bridge opens on the quarter-hour for yacht traffic during daylight and is a common 6-8 minute hold; Royal Park is the more predictable alternative for time-critical runs. For PBI transfers, we route Okeechobee Boulevard West to Australian Avenue South to Belvedere Road, entering the airport on the departures loop — it avoids the I-95 Okeechobee interchange which backs up at morning peak. PBI is a compact three-concourse airport (A, B, C) and the cell-phone lot on Turnage Boulevard is reliable, so we stage there rather than circling the arrivals loop. Palm Beach Island itself has specific operational constraints: South Ocean Boulevard (A1A) is narrow, Mar-a-Lago traffic closures during presidential visits can shut sections of South County Road without notice, and Worth Avenue parking is valet-only. For pickups at The Breakers, The Colony, The Brazilian Court, and the Four Seasons Palm Beach, we coordinate directly with on-property valet — loads on A1A outside the valet zone are not permitted during season. Clematis Street in downtown West Palm runs a Thursday-night "Clematis by Night" concert series year-round that closes the block between Narcissus and Olive; we stage on Banyan Boulevard during event hours. Rosemary Square (formerly CityPlace) is the main hotel cluster (the Ben, the Hilton West Palm, Canopy) and loads work best at the Okeechobee Boulevard valet rather than the interior drives. The Brightline West Palm Beach station at 501 Evernia Street is a primary pickup — porte-cochère loads are quick and the station is two blocks from Rosemary Square. Hurricane evacuation plans matter here: Palm Beach Island is Evacuation Zone A and mandatory evacuation orders cut off Intracoastal access via the bridges ahead of landfall. Summer brings strong afternoon storms that flood Okeechobee Boulevard at the I-95 underpass and Southern Boulevard near the fairgrounds. Year-round, the SunFest music festival (first weekend of May) closes Flagler Drive from Banyan Boulevard south, and the Palm Beach International Boat Show in March fills the downtown waterfront.