Over the past three years, our Community Ambassadors have worked to connect communities of color and low-income communities with Healthy Ride’s bike-sharing system, gathering valuable feedback from community members along the way.

In the Community Ambassadors inaugural year, a team of 6 Ambassadors in 3 neighborhoods helped bring 4 new stations to the neighborhoods of Homewood and Larimer, hosted 24 group rides, and attended 21 community events.

2018 Recap

• ConnectCard Partnership – provided free, unlimited 15-minute bike trips for all transit card holders
  • Fun Fact: this partnership is the first of its kind in the US!
  • Stats: 24% of Healthy Ride all trips in 2018 were taken by ConnectCard riders

• #RideWithUsPgh Narratives – connected with community members of 3 neighborhoods and Motor Mouth Multimedia to highlight diverse stories of 10 different riders in the Burgh

• Community Annual Memberships – free Annual Membership for low-income housing and Food Bank recipients
  • Stats: 100 Memberships distributed in 2018, 400 Memberships successfully fundraised for 2019, 7 Education + Outreach Events

2019 Recap

• Hosted our first Lead Ambassador – responsible for assisting a team of 5 Community Ambassadors in implementing their group rides and outreach efforts

• Introduced 300+ New Riders in 5 Communities to Healthy Ride’s bike share system

• Hosted 40+ Rides and Events throughout the City of Pittsburgh

• Achieved 79,660+ impressions and 2,400 engagements on social media

2020 Recap

• This was the first year that the program extended to included 501(c)3 nonprofits. 2020’s cohort included 1 Lead Ambassador, 2 individual Ambassadors, and 3 nonprofit Ambassadors.

• COVID-19 – due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ambassadors did not advertise public group rides in the interest of safety.

• Ambassadors created 20 “virtual” rides using the app Ride Spot that included routes all over the City for various experience levels.

• The Ambassadors partnered with the City of Pittsburgh and Bike Pittsburgh to support the implementation of the City’s Bike(+) Plan and the Move Forward PGH campaign. This is the first partnership of its kind and ultimately aims to create a safe, connected network of safe streets for people on bikes. 

2021 Recap

• This was the second year that the program extended to included 501(c)3 nonprofits. 2021’s cohort included 1 Lead Ambassador, 2 individual Ambassadors, and 3 nonprofit Ambassadors.

• While COVID-19 shifted the ways in which Community Ambassadors reached their communities last year, the Community Ambassador program is finally allowing the public to join our rides and events.

• Ambassadors created 20 rides that included routes all over the City for various experience levels.

• The Ambassadors partnered with the City of Pittsburgh and Bike Pittsburgh to support the implementation of the City’s Bike(+) Plan and the Move Forward PGH campaign. This is the first partnership of its kind and ultimately aims to create a safe, connected network of safe streets for people on bikes. 

Meet our 2021 Community Ambassadors!