One year after Philly's bike share program Indego debuted with 60 stations and 600 bikes citywide, the city-run organization announced Thursday that it will soon open another 24 locations and provide a discounted monthly pass for residents who hold a Pennsylvania ACCESS card.
At an event Thursday morning at Race Street Pier, Indego revealed the 24 new locations included in an expansion funded through a $1.5 million grant from the William Penn Foundation. A complete station map can be viewed here.
• 33rd and Dauphin
• 33rd and Diamond
• 33rd and Reservoir
• 31st and Girard
• 34th and Mantua
• 42nd and Lancaster
• 46th Street Station, MFL
• 29th and Dauphin
• 29th and Diamond
• 27th and Master, Athletic Recreation Center
• 26th and Poplar
• 26th and Pennsylvania
• 22nd and Cecil B. Moore
• 24th and Cecil B. Moore
• Berks Station, MFL
• Penn Treaty Park
• 15th and Market
• 19th and Girard
• 10th and Federal
• 11th and South
• 11th and Washington
• 4th and Washington
• Moyamensing and Tasker
• Race Street Pier
In addition to the new locations, Indego revealed a new $5 monthly ACCESS Pass for lower-income residents who are part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps. The pass offers these riders 30 days of unlimited one-hour trips, with an additional dollar added for trips over an hour.
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The ACCESS Pass program comes after an analysis earlier this year found that Indego's five least-used stations were located in areas where the median income was below $25,000. That early pattern reflects a wider struggle among bike share programs to gain traction in lower-income communities, though Indego's extensive partnerships – from the Mural Arts Program to sponsorship promotions – suggest it is poised to become a model for other cities.
The greatest advantage is that the ACCESS payment option slashes Indego's monthly cost by 66 percent for eligible riders and is nearly half the cost of a SEPTA transpass.
The expansion comes as Philadelphia prepares to install a slew of new protected bike lanes and supports the trend of another recent analysis that ranked the city seventh in the U.S. for biking and walking to work.