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Google Maps Adds Austin Bike Routes

10th March, 2010 - Posted by carsi - No Comments

Austin is one of 150 cities that will be a part of Google’s new bike routes map service. Google Maps already provides directions for people traveling by car, public transit, and walking, and now it will provide directions for bicyclists as well. The bike directions are formulated to avoid steep hills and congested intersections and to utilize dedicated bike trails (which will appear as dark green lines), roads with bike lanes (light green lines), and roads without bike lanes that are safe for cyclists (dotted lines). Google employees will be showing off the service at several events during SXSW, including the Mobile Social Event on Saturday.