Google Where?……Bike There!

Finally! Google has an interface that is specific to cars, buses, pedestrians and now…..you guessed it….BIKERS! This huge and exciting announcement has taken the sustainable and pedaling community by storm, as now this new feature allows you to plot the best (and flattest) ride from one point to another on the map. The requests in the past few years have been overwhelming. Now that Google has decided to launch it, people are ecstatic. From petitions (over 50,000 signatures strong) to letters bike advocates around the nation have been pushing and asking for an application that is specific to them, as bike riding is one of the most sustainable and healthy ways to navigate around town.

Bikers in cities such as New York, San Francisco, Portland, and Minneapolis have bike-specific mapping sites. Having an application that supports this kind of sustainable transportation is going to further already bike crazed individuals and spark the interest of would be bikers due to its simple and convenient nature.

If you are a potential biker or a current bike advocate check out Google’s step by step video on how to navigate around their new site.

Bike directions will take advantage of bike paths and other bike facilities. There are specific colored lines to indicate one way streets, bike only streets and bike friendly streets, among a whole slough of other features.

Whether you’re just curious or an avid biker, check it out! Help yourself while you help the environment, one pedal at a time.