George,
Not sure that was a fair test, as there are no alternative routes that
would be more bike-friendly. The only reasonable alternative would have
been: "Get a boat."
David
GeorgeS wrote:
To try out the new feature, I asked for a bike route from New Orleans
to Hammond which is on the Nor
I just checked out the Cyclopath website (thanks for the link btw) and
I like it a lot. It gives me the same route that Google selected but
when I click on the "rating" function it shows the dicey section that
I described as "poor" and then once you get past a certain point it
shoots up into the "e
In cases like this, it might help to just quantify the things about
the route that make the road challenging: width of the shoulder, speed
of the traffic, etc., and let each rider decide. I haven't spent any
time with the Google version, but in Cyclopath i've made comments like
"traffic 60mph, ligh
I wonder how Google will go about deciphering and incorporating the
data they receive from feedback. The route that it tells me to take
for my commute is 8.7 miles, which is considerably shorter than the 13
mile route that I usually take. I really dislike riding that route,
even though it's much mo
For Twin Cities cyclists, i'll give a little plug for the Cyclopath
project at the U of MN: http://cyclopath.org/
It's a wiki approach to route mapping, so users can enter routes,
notes, and destinations anywhere on the map, and it's constantly
improving. It's an excellent resource for on- and off
I punched in my address and that of a friend with whom I ride frequently,
selected ³bicycling,² and it put me on two streets for four miles that I
avoid whenever possible ‹ and for which there are several safer routes. I
think it needs a little work. I did not, however, think to even look for a
pro
There is a big yellow box and a link on the left side of the screen that
says:
*"Bicycling directions are in beta.*
*
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*Use caution and please report unmapped bike routes, streets that aren't
suited for cycling, and other problems here."*
The reporting form allows you to specify which part of th
