Summit Bike Share has almost tripled its ridership numbers since the program’s launch in 2017, with users embarking on more than 23,000 rides between May and November of last year.
The 2025 season was slightly longer than usual due to the lack of snow along the Wasatch Back, which gave riders extra time to take advantage of Summit Bike Share’s offerings. Overall, riders traveled 69,415 miles and burned almost 4 million calories, offsetting nearly 29 tons of carbon dioxide emissions across 23,700 rides.
The average length of a ride was just under half an hour, with the average distance traveled hovering around 3 miles, according to a county staff report covering the program’s end-of-the-year statistics.
It was Summit Bike Share’s ninth year in operation. Almost 6,000 more riders participated in the program in 2025 compared to 2024, or almost a 32% increase. Compared to Summit Bike Share’s inaugural season in 2017, which attracted a little more than 8,000 rides, ridership numbers have increased by 186%.
The Canyons Transit Hub station near Canyons Village was the most popular bike station, drawing 6,309 riders throughout the year. The least popular station was the Upper Main Street station in Park City, which attracted 1,705 riders.
Other popular rental stations included Slopeside at Canyons, the Old Town Transit Center and Park Avenue.
The staff report specifically praised the Park City Chamber/Bureau and Intermountain Health. Both organizations sponsored Summit Bike Share and made it possible for the program to install two new stations — one at the Park City Visitor’s Center and the other at the Park City Hospital. A third station was installed at the courthouse in Coalville.
The county additionally offered two dozen free or reduced-price days for the first time in 2025. The discounted days were structured around other community events, such as Park Silly Market, Savor the Summit and the Kimball Arts Festival, and were funded through a restaurant tax grant.
Most Summit Bike Share riders were native Utahns, with 33% of riders coming from Summit County and 26% of riders coming from other areas of the state. Approximately 41% of riders in 2025 were visitors from other parts of the country.
The program met around half of its goals, hitting successful benchmarks with ridership, stations, operational days and sponsorships. However, the staff report indicated Summit Bike Share was unable to reduce its costs as hoped in 2025 compared to 2024, which was one of its three failed goals.
The county took over bike share operations from a third-party provider in 2023, and 2024 served as the county’s first full year in charge of the program.
Summit Bike Share also aimed to have 50% of riders come from Summit County in 2025, a 13% increase compared to 2024. The program did not meet that goal, experiencing a slight decrease from the 37% statistic outlined in the 2024 end-of-year report.
The program barely missed its goal of having 250 “reliable” bicycles by the end of the year, too. Summit Bike Share ended 2025 with 243 reliable bicycles, only seven fewer bicycles than originally hoped. The staff report did not include a definition of a “reliable” bicycle or how the bike share measured its reliability benchmarks.
The document also noted important changes to operating procedures over the last 12 months as well, including reducing the cost of a season pass to $50, which improved “affordability while increasing overall participation.” Summit Bike Share also relocated to a county-owned warehouse, which is expected to lower operating costs in the future after the county finishes a few lingering capital improvement projects on the property.
Summit Bike Share listed its goals for 2026 in its annual report, which include launching a “permanent equity access program” to provide discounted passes to low-income residents, continued partnerships with resorts and transit providers, identifying new revenue sources to support longer ride times without increased base membership fees and establishing “station-level” sponsorships with local businesses.
Staff also hope to “improve wayfinding” with mobile-based mapping and navigation, migrate to a new software platform, obtain “next-generation bicycles designed to improve reliability,” and expand partnerships with housing providers, social service organizations and workforce programs to directly enroll participants.
More information on the Summit Bike Share program, including details about its 2025 season recap, is available at summitbikeshare.com.