Last week Google added another transportation option to their maps directions service. Previously you could choose car, public transit, or walking. Now you can get recommendations for biking directions. They have incorporated information about trails, bike lines, and other preferred routes. These are denoted in dark green, light green, and dashed green, respectively. So from one point to another it will attempt to recommend the safest and most efficient route. Pretty cool.

I searched for the route from our office to Daley Plaza, which I take when I do Critical Mass, as I likely will Friday after next. See the full route in Google maps here.

Not bad, that’s pretty much the route I already take. Check out a much more detailed article from Google’s blog here.

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Andrew Crowe Categories: Fun, google, Technology, Web