Google on Wednesday launched bicycle directions for Google Maps making it easier for cyclists to plan routes in 150 U.S. cities including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, ...

As mentioned, the new bike directions seek to avoid freeways, busy streets and hills and route people along streets with bike lanes or along bike trails, as the case may be. Users can drag and change ...

Google Maps has offered directions specifically for bikes for years now, and the app also can show you where to find bike-sharing locations. Today, Google is mashing those two options together and ...

A new Google Maps feature, developed in Seattle, will offer bike-friendly directions to cyclists across the U.S. -- routing them to trails, bike lanes and less-busy streets, and helping them avoid ...

now offers biking directions for those of us on two wheels. I just tried it on my DROID, and it works a treat! This option now allows you to get your biking directions, lanes, and trails on your phone ...

Google Maps is making it easier for bikeshare users to navigate their city with an update to Maps now rolling out across 10 major markets. Already, Google Maps could point users to bikesharing ...

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Urban biking is a totally different beast than peddling around suburban trails. And yet, most of us ride the same exact bike in both situations. That’s fine—whatever two-wheeler gets you from point A ...