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E-bikes are taking over Philadelphia\u2019s streets. <\/p>\n
Electric bikes make up 71% of the fleet for Indego, the city\u2019s bike-share program, according to Ryan Wall, spokesperson for Philadelphia\u2019s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems. That\u2019s roughly 2,000 e-bikes.<\/p>\n
\u201cRider demand initially drove the growth of e-bikes within the Indego system,\u201d Wall said, adding that e-bikes can \u201cmake longer trips easier, faster, and more accessible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Out of 1.3 million Indego trips so far this year, 915,000 or 70% have been on e-bikes, Wall said. <\/p>\n
E-bikes have been gaining popularity nationally, too. The National Association of City Transportation Officials says e-bikes represented 42% of station-based bike share fleets in 2025<\/a>, up from 30% in 2022.<\/p>\n New York City\u2019s Citi Bike program has been growing its supply of e-bikes as well. In 2023, e-bikes made up roughly 20% of its fleet<\/a> but were being used on nearly half of rides. <\/p>\n How many e-bikes does Indego aim to have? <\/p>\n The Indego program launched in 2015, and e-bikes were introduced in 2018<\/a>, with a test pilot of 10 bikes. <\/p>\n In 2020, the program announced that it would add more e-bikes, aiming to have them make up half of the bikes available<\/a> within five years. At the time of the announcement, there were 1,400 Indego bikes, 250 of which were e-bikes.<\/p>\n Now Indego is looking to bulk up its regular bike offering, by 200 next year and another 500 in 2028, so regular bikes make up 40% of the fleet, up from the current 29%.<\/p>\n \u201cRiders have expressed that they value a mixed fleet, and they enjoy having the option of which type of bike to use,\u201d Wall said. <\/p>\n The program is also adding bike stations. Indego currently has over 300 locations and aims to have 350 by the end of the year. <\/p>\n \u00bb READ MORE: Not just for \u2018the white guy in Lycra\u2019: E-bikes are gaining popularity in Philly\u2019s low-income communities of color<\/a><\/p>\n