MoGo bike share system announces station locations in Oakland County

Promises, promises.

Two summers ago, MoGo said it would be expanding its bicycle rental kiosks to Ferndale, Royal Oak and several other suburban Oakland County cities as early as spring 2019.

Well, spring and summer have come and gone, and now MoGo says its planned expansion will come in the spring of 2020.

That's when the nonprofit bike share system says it will add 31 new stations and 140 bikes to central northwest Detroit, as well as Ferndale, Royal Oak, Oak Park, Berkley, and Huntington Woods, according to a news release. The expansion will nearly double the current system, which is centralized in downtown Detroit and surrounding neighborhoods.

MoGo received a federal Transportation Alternative Program grant to help pay for the expansion and they're still waiting on final approvals from the Federal Transit Administration so they can release the grant funding, according to MoGo.  

"We expect that to happen within the next couple of months. Rather than launch mid-winter, we think it makes more sense to wait until early spring," MoGo said.

Station locations were determined through a series of community meetings, suggestions from MoGo’s online station siting map and input from local officials, according to a statement from MoGo. 

“We are eagerly awaiting the advent of MoGo as a new transit option in our community,” according to a statement from Oak Park City Manager Erik Tungate. “It will complement our efforts to create the highest quality of life with the best public amenities possible.”

MoGo, which is sponsored by Henry Ford Health System and Health Alliance Plan, currently has 480 bikes at 44 stations around Detroit.

For more information on pricing and system maps, mogodetroit.org. 

Since the start of MoGo’s operations in May 2017, the system has:

• Logged more than 338,000 rides

• Sold nearly 5,900 Monthly, Annual, and Access passes, with 2,010 current active members

• Provided affordable options through its $5 annual Access pass, selling more than 1,000 to individuals receiving state benefits for a total of 21% of all long-term passes sold to date

• Delivered consistent and reliable service by ensuring riders have a more than 99% chance of having available bikes and docking points at each station

• Helped riders burn nearly 54 million calories and offsetting 815,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, the equivalent of more than 900,000 miles driven by an average passenger vehicle

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