This Just In: googlemaps for bikes!

[jobob]

It's interesting that they prioritize trails over bike lanes and on-street routes and also try to avoid hills.

I think Google is trying to make cycling more accessible to the average person. The people who think a five-mile ride is HUGE. Face it, most of the women (excuse me, posters) on this forum fall waaay outside of the norm.

Sure, it might be of limited us to many of us here, but maybe giving people an easy way to find local bike trails might get more of them off the couch and onto those trails and give cycling a try. And some of them might become more interested in cycling. That doesn't seem too awful to me.

[ny biker]

I think Google is trying to make cycling more accessible to the average person. The people who think a five-mile ride is HUGE. Face it, most of the women (excuse me, posters) on this forum fall waaay outside of the norm.

Sure, it might be of limited us to many of us here, but maybe giving people an easy way to find local bike trails might get more of them off the couch and onto those trails and give cycling a try. And some of them might become more interested in cycling. That doesn't seem too awful to me.

That was pretty much the conclusion of the columnist from the Post.