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Media Kit

Thank you for your interest in POGOH! POGOH (formerly Healthy Ride) is Pittsburgh’s bike share system that provides public access to shared bicycles at stations throughout Pittsburgh.

 

This media kit will provide you with some core statistics of POGOH’s history, our operations, links to public ridership data, and hi-res, print-ready images.

 

Visit POGOH In the News for Media Releases and a history of press coverage.

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The Basics

  • The mission of Bike Share Pittsburgh Inc (dba POGOH), a 501c3 non-profit, is to provide Pittsburgh with a joyful, sustainable, and affordable mobility service for all residents and visitors.
  • Healthy Ride, Pittsburgh's first bikeshare program, launched on May 31, 2015 with 50 stations and 500 bikes.
  • In May 2022, the bikeshare program replaced all of it's existing equipment and rebranded to become POGOH.
  • POGOH launch with 38 stations and 350 bikes. Half of the fleet are traditional pedal bikes and half are e-assist bikes.
  • Twenty of POGOH's original 38 stations are charging stations made available through a first of its kind partnership with Duquesne Light.
  • POGOH (formerly Healthy Ride) is owned and operated by Pittsburgh Bike Share, a 501(c)3 non-profit.
  • Pittsburgh Bike Share was founded in December of 2012. The organization was created due to mounting interest in implementing a municipal bike share system in Pittsburgh from a collection of local leaders: planners at the City of Pittsburgh, business leaders at Walnut Capital, and bicycle/pedestrian advocates at Bike Pittsburgh.

 

MEMBERSHIP & RIDERSHIP

  • Healthy Ride saw 653,269 bike trips over its seven years in operation.
  • All Healthy Ride customers must open a POGOH account via PBSC App or on POGOH.com.
  • POGOH will release its ridership data on a quarterly basis. Check back for updates.

 

 

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Operations

POGOH offers 18 solar-powered stations, and 20 electric charging stations. All POGOH bikes may be returned to any station in the network. Unlike Healthy Ride, all bikes must be returned to an official POGOH station and locked into an open dock. Each station has an average of 15 docks.

 

POGOH customers with smart phones are encouraged to download the mobile app PBSC to sign up, rent, update account information, located stations, and see real-time station, dock, and bike availability.

Many POGOH stations are conveniently located near Port Authority bus and T stations making it a convenient commuter connection. POGOH employs 2 rebalancing van that can accommodate 15 bikes, and is used to redistribute bicycles between 8am and 4pm, 7 days a week. Bicycles are redistributed in response to real-time data.

 

POGOH operates 24/7, 365 days a year.

 

LOGOS & HI-RES IMAGES 

For high resolution print-ready images and logos, please visit our Google Drive Folder.