It houses the headquarters of the Piaggio company, the Castellani winery and the Amedei premium artisan chocolate factory.

The football team in the town is called U.S. Città di Pontedera, and they currently play in Serie C. Another notable attraction is the church of Santissimo Crocifisso.

On 11 June 1554, there was a pyrrhic victory in the last effort by the Republic of Siena to retain its independence, when Piero Strozzi won against the Florentines.

Pontedera was heavily bombed during World War II by the Anglo-Americans because of the presence of military aircraft manufacturing plants by Piaggio.

Pontedera is crossed from west to east by State Road 67 Tosco Romagnola, which connects it directly to Pisa and Florence ending in Ravenna.

Pontedera train station is an important hub placed on the Leopolda Railway between Pisa and Florence, due to the many services in the Valdera area, in the field of education and the piaggio factories, with a daily flow of 4,000 passengers.

[18] The station is served by trains about every 15 minutes in both directions, as well as various connections including Livorno, Viareggio, La Spezia, Lucca, Grosseto to other minor ones, that are part of the Trenitalia regional service.

Pontedera had an airport, which was created for military use as an airfield for airships and later repurposed for aircraft in built in 1913, on the eve of World War I.

The main pedestrian street is Corso Matteotti, home to stores, bars, bakeries and businesses.

Today it is home to the weekly market, annual Fair, Era Theater, "Ettore Mannucci" stadium and the Cineplex, a multiplex cinema with a shopping center inside.