Bike Share Pittsburgh celebrates the launch of Pittsburgh’s new bikeshare program: POGOH. POGOH replaces the Healthy Ride bikeshare system and offers 38 stations, 172 traditional pedal bikes, and 173 e-assist bikes across the city. People can start signing up and using the all-new bikeshare system by downloading the PBSC App. One big difference between Healthy Ride and POGOH is that all bikes must be returned to an official POGOH station and locked into an available dock. Customers will not be able to overflow stations and if a station is full, they must either wait for a dock to open up or ride to another station. Customers can see real time bike and dock availability in the PBSC App. POGOH will also debut all new pricing and membership plans. More information is available at pogoh.com.
“We hope that Pittsburgh loves POGOH as much as they did Healthy Ride,” says David White, Executive Director, Bike Share Pittsburgh. “This re-launch has been a labor of love for us, and we’re very excited to finally share it with our city.”
“Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Allegheny Health Network are proud to be the title sponsors for the POGOH bikeshare program. Through supporting this initiative, we hope to continue to provide mobility and health for more people in Pittsburgh,” said Kenya Boswell, Senior Vice President of Community Affairs at Highmark Health.
The launch of POGOH is a culmination of Bike Share Pittsburgh’s desire to better serve the Pittsburgh community with a more accessible, inclusive system through the availability of electric bicycles and public charging stations and affordable, flexible pricing. Furthermore, POGOH launches with a cash payment option and a Mobility Justice Membership available for those who receive government assistance.
“We’re determined to build the best bike share program for Pittsburgh,” says White. “Bikeshare is an important part of the mobility mix in our city; we’re dedicated to making POGOH a reliable, joyful, and equitable experience for residents and visitors.”
POGOH will also feature new pricing and membership plans designed to make bikeshare more accessible to more people for different kinds of trips. Annual Membership will include unlimited 30-minute rides for $120 per year, Mobility Justice Membership offers the Annual Membership to those who receive government assistance for $10 per year, a Flex Pass of 5 hours for $20, and Pay-As-You-Go pricing at just $3.50 per 30-minutes for pedal bikes, and $5 per 30-minutes for e-assist bikes.
For more information visit POGOH.com and download the PBSC App.
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About Bike Share Pittsburgh:
The mission of Bike Share Pittsburgh is to provide Pittsburgh with a joyful, sustainable, and affordable mobility service for all residents and visitors.
Bike Share Pittsburgh is a charitable organization founded in December 2012 and incubated by Bike Pittsburgh. 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. Bike Share Pittsburgh owns and operates Pittsburgh’s current public bike sharing system named Healthy Ride, but is replacing the system in 2022 with all new stations and bicycles. The system is rebranded under the name POGOH and will introduce e-assist bicycles in addition to the pedal bike fleet. POGOH is designed to provide an active transportation option for residents, students and visitors of Pittsburgh.
About Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Highmark Inc., doing business as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, serves approximately 2.6 million members through the company’s health care benefits business and hundreds of thousands of additional members through the BlueCard® program. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is the market leader in commercial market share, and through its affiliated Blue companies has strong Medicare Advantage market share as well. All of Highmark’s Medicare Advantage plans in Pennsylvania achieved the highest possible quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – 5 out of a possible 5 Stars. In western Pennsylvania, its unaided brand awareness, brand preference and overall brand rating are significantly higher than its closest competitor. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield employs approximately 4,500 people in western, north central and northeastern Pennsylvania. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield’s total economic impact throughout Pennsylvania is more than $16 billion. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. For more information, visit www.highmark.com.
About Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny Health Network (AHN.org), a Highmark Health company, is an integrated health care delivery system serving the greater Western Pennsylvania region. The network is composed of 14 hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, Health + Wellness Pavilions, an employed physician organization, home- and community-based health services, a research institute, and a group purchasing organization. AHN provides patients with access to a complete spectrum of advanced medical services, including nationally recognized programs for primary and emergency care, cardiovascular disease, cancer care, orthopedic surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, women’s health, diabetes and more. AHN employs approximately 21,000 people, has more than 2,600 physicians on its medical staff, and serves as a clinical campus for Drexel University College of Medicine and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
About PBSC Urban Solutions
PBSC is changing the world, one city at a time. A leader in the micromobility space, it develops, markets and operates — alongside its local partners — the most innovative, customizable and reliable public bike-share systems on the market. PBSC’s sustainable technology empowers cities to provide users safe and enjoyable transportation alternatives that reduce congestion and improve quality of life. PBSC currently has four bike models — ICONIC, FIT, BOOST and E-FIT — deployed around the world and continues to expand its global footprint with over 95,000 bikes, 7,500 stations and 500 million rides so far! Visit www.pbsc.com to find out more.
