Google's bike routes for Google Maps are available currently for 150 U.S. cities including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Portland and Washington DC.
WORLD'S MOST popular search engine Google, added bike routes to Google Maps on Wednesday. Google, popular mapping site’s Google Maps by added bike routes made it easier to plot way by choosing bike trails, roads with bike lanes and other cycling-friendly byways for the users. The new biking features in Google Map include details on efficient routes, customizable trips and map design and options to make use of bike lanes or to avoid big hills.
Google's bike routes for Google Maps are available currently for 150 U.S. cities including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Portland and Washington, DC. The bicycling layer in Google Maps is customizable and can compare distances and estimated times, or use your mouse to drag and pull together your own custom route.
World's most popular search engine Google has teamed up with the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit that creates networks of trails from former rail lines, to obtain information on bike trails in more than 150 cities. Google said, IPhone and Android users should get the cycling map update soon.