Pointz Alpha

Safer Urban Bike Routes

385 followers

Safer Urban Bike Routes

385 followers

Pointz is a safety-focused mapping app for urban bike and scooter riders that uses existing data sets and crowdsourcing to produce the best routes. Think "Waze" for bikes.

Free

Launch tags:Android•Biking•Maps

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Pointz Alpha

Maker

Hey Product Hunters, it’s Maggie here 👋 I’m one of the co-founders of Pointz. Trisha and I have dedicated countless hours to our mission of making urban biking safer, and we’re so excited to share the alpha app with you today! We’re here to learn from you and hear your thoughts on how we can make Pointz even better :) I first got the idea for Pointz during my cross-country bike trip from Virginia to California. One of the most challenging parts of the trip was navigating through cities. During the trip, I’d often figure out where to ride by asking local cyclists. After exploring this idea more, we found a way to use technology to share safer routes by leveraging existing datasets and crowdsourcing. What’s different about Pointz: - View what type of bike infrastructure is available where you’re riding. Pointz pre-rates roads on a 1-5 bike friendliness scale based on sets of attributes from available datasets - Learn about road conditions like bike lane obstructions, ice on the road, dangerous intersections contributed by local riders on Pointz - Customize your route based on your tolerance for safety and hills Pointz is free to use and is currently available on the App Store and Google Play Store (US only). Here is a list of the features we have now: - Safer, balanced, and faster routing - Road safety ratings - Crowdsourced feedback - Turn-by-turn navigation - Earn “pointz” and leaderboard And a few that are coming soon: - Save and share routes - Shortcuts - Bike parking locations, bike shops, and bike repair stations We’d love to have you check it out and send us feedback!

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3yr ago

adopets

@maggie_bachenberg and Trisha, this is amazing!! Exciting to see Pointz’s progress throughout Techstars! Congrats on the release - you will rock Demo Day!!!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@artur_sousa Awesome Artur. Can't wait to see you at Demo Day. It's been so cool to learn more about your story this fall - such an inspiration.

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

It's been amazing getting to know you this fall Artur! Thank you for the support @artur_sousa

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@maggie_bachenberg Congrats team! Amazing job! @artur_sousa Thanks Artur!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@maggie_bachenberg 🙌🙌🙌

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3yr ago

GrowthHackers

Go Maggie and Trisha! Great to see the new improvements!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@anujadhiya Grateful for your support Anuj! We hope that you like all the new improvements!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

Thanks Anuj, happy to hear that you are liking the new features we've added for riders @anujadhiya!!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@anujadhiya Thank you for the support!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@anujadhiya Thanks Anuj!

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3yr ago

HotDrop

Love Pointz. A game-changer for avid cyclists in bustling cities. Excited to see where these fellow Gen-Z founders take Pointz! Super cool to see their progress this Fall in Techstars.

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@max_goldberg1 Thank you Max, and hope you enjoy riding around cities with the new release! Let us know if you have any suggestions.

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@max_goldberg1 Appreciate the support on our launch! It's been really fun to go through Techstars with you and see HotDrop make huge progress!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@max_goldberg1 Thanks for your support, Max!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@max_goldberg1 Thanks Max!

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3yr ago

Pointz’s release is something I’ve been waiting for! Can’t wait to download the new version

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@nelson_ray So excited to have you share feedback on the new version! Let us know your thoughts :)

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@nelson_ray Thanks so much! Looking forward to hearing what you have to say about the update. Keep it up with your launch too!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@nelson_ray Thanks for your support! :)

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@nelson_ray Thanks! We'd love to hear your feedback.

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3yr ago

Awesome work, Maggie and Trisha! I love how Pointz is empowering cyclists to find safer routes wherever they go!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@helkin Thank you Helkin and hope that you have a great time riding with Pointz!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@helkin thanks Helkin, we love doing this work and are definitely trying to build a product for people like us who ride regularly but more for transportation!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@helkin Thanks for checking out the app! :)

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@helkin Thanks!

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3yr ago

Maggie and Trisha, you guys are awesome, exciting to keep seeing Pointz progress !

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@rogers_escalup Appreciate the support, Rogers! It's been great motivation to work beside you this fall :)

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@rogers_escalup Thanks for following along on our journey Rogers! 🙌 we've enjoyed exploring Portland with you

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@rogers_escalup Thanks for your support! :)

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3yr ago

Nice work, Maggie and Trisha!! I've been a user since the beginning and am so proud of how far its come!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@anna_r_d Thanks for being one of our earliest users, Anna :) We've had such a great time using your suggestions and feedback to improve the app.

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@anna_r_d Thanks for being a part of our journey! Always love hearing your feedback!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@anna_r_d Thanks for your support, Anna!

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3yr ago

Pointz Alpha

Maker

@anna_r_d Thanks for sticking with us Anna! We have more planned!

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3yr ago

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