Newly Released Data at a Glance:

The City of Philadelphia and its partners at Bicycle Transit Systems are sharing anonymized Indego trip data, downloadable from OpenDataPhilly and on Indego’s webiste. The data includes the membership type, bike numbers, checkout kiosk name, ID, and location of stations, trip duration, checkout and return times, and a category distinguishing between one way and round trips.

A New Way to Get Around Philly

Launched last Spring, Indego – Philadelphia’s bikeshare program – offers 600 self-service bikes among 60 stations all day, every day. Philadelphia’s City government owns the bicycles and stations, with the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities (MOTU) planning and managing the project.  And now consumers can share more than just bikes – they can conduct analysis around the time of day or stations with reduced demand, the most popular routes, or create real-time tools for end-users to find free docking stations like this developer who used data previously released by MOTU. By sharing their data with the public, MOTU is contributing to transparency around government initiatives and encouraging the public to become partners in improving Indego’s services. Any noteworthy analysis or suggestions for service improvements can be sent to Data@BicycleTransit.com.

The Indego project rests on a public-private partnership that includes the Bicycle Transit Systems, which provides maintenance, marketing and customer service as well sponsorship by the Independence Blue Cross. This alternate form of public transportation increases the mobility of Philadelphians to get where they want to go, on their schedule, while providing more opportunities for healthy physical activity. Individuals can buy a monthly or yearly pass, or purchase a trip at any station with a credit card. Visit Indego’s website for more information on how the program works.