Bike Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh’s charm is due in part to our three rivers, countless bridges, and hills. However, they also make it hard to find your way around. Knowing how to avoid the busy arterial roads will make a much more pleasurable and safe ride. Here are some online resources to help you get around. If you still need some help, feel free to email us or post a question to our message board.

Pittsburgh Bike Map

We produced the first on-street, commuter oriented Pittsburgh Bike Map since Sophie Masloff was mayor. This bike map is in a class of it’s own. Find out about safe cycling techniques, the best routes as described by seasoned Pittsburgh cyclists, and the trails. Click on the image to find out where to obtain a copy.

Click here to find out more about our hand-held and online Pittsburgh Bike Maps.

Interactive Online Maps and Resources

Bike Pittsburgh’s very own online Pittsburgh Bike Map. Explore Pittsburgh by bike, explore the map. We packed in tons of useful information such as trails, bridge crossings, landmarks, notes, friendly and cautionary routes, bike shops and more!

This is quite possibly one of the most comprehensive and user friendly bike maps of any U.S. city. Make sure to check it out!

• Bike Pittsburgh Message Board - A great way to keep up-to-date and to ask local cyclists about preferred routes, tips, information, road conditions, etc, like this this thread about Pittsburgh’s steepest hills, for instance
• Bikely - A really cool interactive map that helps cyclists share knowledge of good bicycle routes. Just do a search for “Pittsburgh” and find all sorts of routes ranging from commuting routes to recreational rides.
• RouteSlip.com - Another neat interactive map very similar to Bikely. Be sure to add your own favorite routes and share them with all the other Pittsburgh riders using these sites.
• Bicycle PA Routes - For bike touring in Pennsylvania

Trails and Trail Maps

• Three Rivers Heritage Trail Map - A comprehensive guide to the city’s riverfront trails put together by Friends of the Riverfront.
• Great Allegheny Passage Map- Trail Map for the Pittsburgh to DC ride put together by the Allegheny Trail Alliance.
• Click here for a complete list of regional Western Pennsylvania trails and trail organizations.
• “They Working” Trail Volunteer Fund - Provides grants to to be used by volunteer trail projects that create, maintain, or enhance the bicycle trails in western Pennsylvania

Bikes on Transit

• Click here for everything you need to know about taking your bike on Port Authority transit

BikePool

• Consider joining or starting a BikePool. A BikePool is a group of riders who meet daily at a pre-determined location and ride together to work or back home. Group rides are safer, so new folks will feel more comfortable getting started. You can also use our message board to make arrangements with people to ride.

Publications

• 3 Rivers on 2 Wheels - A compilation of 10 self-guided bicycle tours offering intimate encounters with Pittsburgh`s most diverse neighborhoods and eclectic architecture. The Guide is available for purchase for $15 (includes shipping) from the website, or at many local bike shops. Written by Lou Fineberg, Bike Pittsburgh Board President.
• Bike Rides Around Pittsburgh - 425-plus bicycle rides, from .6 to 110 miles. People from elsewhere have trouble imagining this, but Pittsburgh is like a little village. Get beyond the city limits, and you’re in cornfields and cow pastures. This manual helps show you how to explore the region by giving ride suggestions on which you can elaborate as you become familiar with the general Pittsburgh territory near where you do most of your riding. Written by Oscar Swan

Tours

• Venture Outdoors - Leads hundreds of outdoor tours in the region, including many bike rides.
• Pedal PA - Leads bicycle tours of Pennsylvania