I had an experience similar to that of GeorgeS, but it turned out to be user error in my case. When I selected "bicycling" from the menu, it then plotted a familiar bike route, one of 3 or 4 I would have picked based on my experience.
I'll be curious to see if this is successful. The variability in what different cyclists consider acceptable is huge. Not too long ago, we had a woman in the shop griping about the dangerousness of cars on her commute. It turns out that all but 2 blocks of her route is on a very nice bike path along the river. The last two-block segment, which she found to be terrifying, was on a moderate traffic street with a bike lane, which I've ridden many times because I think it's a pleasant route. On Mar 12, 8:12 am, Ethan <ethan.bickf...@gmail.com> wrote: > it is a VERY new feature and in Beta. A) Did you select "bicycling" as > the mode of travel from the drop down menu? B) If you did and it gave > you that result you should click the report a problem link and report > the issue. > > Personally... it gave me what looks to be a reasonable route from my > home in central Massachusetts to work in Boston (not a commute I plan > to make often at 32 miles but good to do once in a while). > > Looking forward to it! > > Ethan > > On Mar 12, 8:43 am, GeorgeS <chobur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > To try out the new feature, I asked for a bike route from New Orleans > > to Hammond which is on the North side of Lake Ponchartrain. It routed > > me across the lake on the causeway which is an elevated, divided lane > > highway with a 65mph speed limit. There is no bike lane and bicycles > > are not allowed on the causeway. Hmmm. > > GeorgeS > > > On Mar 11, 10:55 pm, Dave Minyard <salukiri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > Google maps has a new feature still in beta...it will give directions for > > > bicycling. I haven't messed with it much but seems like a good idea if it > > > works well. I did check it against a ride that I like to do and it was > > > real > > > close to how I prefer. Check it out. > > > > Dave Minyard > > > Santa Maria, Ca. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
