Comments on: Google maps’ ‘Bike There’ includes Tucson

By: Tucson Bike the Strike | Tucson Velo

Tucson Bike the Strike | Tucson Velo — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:40:45 +0000

[...] feature to their mapping tool. Tucson was one if the cities included in the original launch. Check out this post to see how it works and plan your [...]

By: Riding a bike in Los Angeles | Tucson Velo

Riding a bike in Los Angeles | Tucson Velo — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:52:38 +0000

[...] tried Google’s “bike there” feature to suggest a route from my hotel to Venice Beach and then verified the route with a [...]

By: Red Star

Red Star — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:40:58 +0000

Red Star doesn’t understand why we don’t contact the relevant Google product manager on this and tell him/her this is what we like, this is what we don’t like, here are changes we like, improvements maybe, blah blah…

Why so scared?

By: Red Star

Red Star — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0000

Why so scared?

By: Tucson Velo

Tucson Velo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:57:47 +0000

Lauren, thanks for commenting. I can see how it would be very useful when you are on tour. I think it has a ton of potential and imagine it will only get better.

It is good to hear that it is working in a real world application.

I think I might have to head to Portland, just to check it out in another city. I should be able to write that off as a business expense, right?

By: Tucson Velo

Tucson Velo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:57:00 +0000

Lauren, thanks for commenting. I can see how it would be very useful when you are on tour. I think it has a ton of potential and imagine it will only get better.

It is good to hear that it is working in a real world application.

I think I might have to head to Portland, just to check it out in another city. I should be able to write that off as a business expense, right?

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:58:03 +0000

I was ecstatic to hear the news! Been waiting for this feature for a long time. Before I was always sort of combining the car/pedestrian directions. Since I bicycle tour through a lot of different cities, this feature is going to be extremely helpful in those situations.

Tried it out for a 14 mile ride today in Chicago. It was really helpful and gave me multiple route options. One was more direct and another was longer, but initially took me away from traffic on the lakefront path and then reconnected me to the city streets.

Also, it looks as though the bicycle map of Chicago is overlaying the Google map as bike friendly streets are highlighted across the city.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:58:00 +0000

Also, it looks as though the bicycle map of Chicago is overlaying the Google map as bike friendly streets are highlighted across the city.

By: Red Star

Red Star — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:08:40 +0000

“but it looks like the default is to take you the most direct route rather than trying to keep you on less traveled streets.”

Play with the walking directions (left hand side, drop-down menu) and you might find routes that keep you away from crazytown.

By: Red Star

Red Star — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:08:00 +0000

“but it looks like the default is to take you the most direct route rather than trying to keep you on less traveled streets.”

Play with the walking directions (left hand side, drop-down menu) and you might find routes that keep you away from crazytown.