Biking Directions on Google Maps

[MrsYcarroll]

Tell us more about that last bike!

[Axbent]

Why not in Europe, we have lots of good bike maps from different organisations!

[bicicletaPlegable]

Please add this to the Android turn-by-turn navigation app!

[VundaF]

I really love biking as an excercise and sport.

[tarfun5959]

I don't get this option it only shows, car, public transport and walking. I can;t even see wherre to select vehicle on google earth. VERY stressful.

[AgentJFG]

What were the people riding in beginning around 0:09?



[nldm561]

@AgentJFG conferencebike

[andrew1haddad]

if only we could draw it out for them!...

[MitsuomiTakayanagiEC]

Google maps sucks ass for biking, for a start when you scroll up or down on your mouse it zooms in and out which sucks, you have to keep clicking center the location here sooo annoying and you can't plot a route because as soon as you want to plot something off the roads you draw a line and it won't join to the one you plotted on the roads which means you have to draw all of the roads in by hand.... pointless

[Venus1Star]

I tried looking for directions on my android phone but that map becomes so damn cluttered it becomes pointless.

[georgeh07]

Jjfvu vhf mi ouT rgdd nj.kn fb nj nd

[eddieodea]

Please add the bicycle route feature to smartphones.

[bikeskills]

Watch 4 year-old Max Boyd in his inspirational "commute" video at the Bikeskills Channel on YouTube!

[bogas33]

Ja chce tego w Polsce ! a w Łodzi w szczególności !

[Nyunyumaci]

Jó lenne ha Magyarországon is működne és nem csak Budapesten, hanem vidéken is

[Nyunyumaci]

Jó lenne ha Magyarországon is működne és nem csak Budapesten, hanem vidéken is

[24lhaine]

dinuba 4626 union city california 94587

[kendy4]

ok so i used this and i know its in beta but this time googled messed up taking me straight to an alley that only airport execs are allowed to go, the security guard was scary

[sandeepkundu258]

we this on indian roads

[Commando303X]

How exactly are dashed-greens determined as being "suitable for biking"?

[neospectre]

@Commando303X There is a link for cyclists to report appropriate/inappropriate streets, so it would appear to be peer reviewed.

[Falcor119]

@Commando303X I've noticed in my area, the dashed green lines for suitable bike streets, seem to coincide with streets that have a shoulder on one or both sides, or streets with wide lanes.

[dharmendraaarya25889]

india

[Ikko2108]

Google should do this in other countries, too... i.e. Costa Rica...

[DyerMedia]

We need it on the UK maps....

[HLaB75]

@DyerMedia

Try Cyclestreets . net, its not as good as the one in the video though.

[PePeLLee]

0:55

[phoenixhoneybee]

Yey! I'm so happy about this!

[stevethepokieman]

Canadian bike routes would be nice

[jvinga1]

Much of their trail data comes from Rails to Trails Conservancy, who maps out much of this.  Consider supporting that organization if you want to see this expand. RTC also lobbies for government funding.

[Charles2337]

Google... you are amazing.

[nlReWout]

Omg why is this not in the Netherlands. On average we have the most bicycles!

[colombianguyyo]

@nlReWout

Well, now you know what to write to your government people. They are there for a reason get signatures and send it to one of your congressmen or something. Make politicians do something!

[colombianguyyo]

@colombianguyyo

oop sorry i thought you meant you have no bike lanes?

[bikeliving]

I've already used it a couple of times. LOVE

[itzStevenn]

WOW check out the LAST BLUE BIKE LOL that seems COOL

where to find that? ahah

[bivvyfox]

great, but need in the UK too! And other places! PLUS mountain biking specific would be really cool, with rated hardness, and the ability to have it work out offroad loops for you, suits to your skill level, and ride time available.

[dodo309]

One more good application based on Maps.

[MJPage1]

Great to see, but hey, please extend to Canada, we love to bike here to and lots of trails. Hope your service get expanded soon to more countries.

[pubouk]

Great! Please expand this to other countries.

[gmarte12]

Finally! wohoo! makes me like google more!

take that microsoft and mac!

google processor next!

[phatdrew4u061]

THE WIGGLE!

[KingsCouchPort]

LCI here, think this is a great idea by Google maps.

[BrundukasLT]

hax0rs

[gueneveve]

I love SF, and I love google.

[jenodonnell14]

well done, google!!! thanks!

[filmstrong]

Nice work. Thanks google!

[martinwilliamh]

Interesting. For Phase II it would be great to see mountain bike trails in county, regional or state parks.

[christiaandewit]

In The Netherlands we have bike paths everywhere and we use bicycles not just for fun or sport, but for basic transport too, so this function would be very appreciated here. Hopefully Google will implement this for us very soon.

[frederickko]

Hi,what is "Google searching skill" and how can i learn it?

Any website can people let down a question and wait for answers,any sebjects?

[EricH01932]

Wow. That's pretty extensive!

[SpikeChaosBleeds]

Damn this is cool, but it's not availible in Canada yet.

[IamAIDSfearme]

Why are white people superior to blacks?

Look at google's background colour

[throble]

route is [ru:t], not [raut].

[afrigginmole]

what are talking about? it's either.

[TheMisterG92]

wow, nice work...I hope this will come for Germany too!

[audible67]

@TheMisterG92 ha! I thought Germany hates Google maps....

[TheMisterG92]

@audible67

well, some of them h8 google, thats true. they got a big prob with streetview! they don´t accept google makin photos of their houses, just as they would forbid civilists to look at their house while standing in front of it. what I say: theyre idiots and they wont stop it, they just delay it! luckily!

[audible67]

right...best part of the bike maps IS the Street View...so you can check questionable routes. I saw some silly video but I still think the German hatred in a hoax.

[johanflod]

I totally like biking and this is the best in a long time ! 5/5

[RaphaelMartinus]

This would be really useful here in The Netherlands. Hope you guys lunch the duch version fast!

[Jeroenrs1]

@RaphaelMartinus That's what I was thinking. Really looking forward to the dutch release!

[AnnaKBrisvegas]

This is great! I can't wait to get this tool available across the world.

I'd also suggest that, to further support and promote the use of cycles, that in the 'directions' drop-down menu, you put 'cycling' as the default option, with 'public transport', 'walking' and then 'by car' following that.

[bikeultimate]

now we just need some more bikelanes throughout the country!

[ntnguyen247]

wow google, i'm impressed

[EdgarD8387]

It better be safe for the people who use it!! You know how those deranged people out there are. Kidnappers and all those psycho people.

[unionservers]

this is kinda good for environment !

[darshansrox]

when is dis goin to happen in india????

[xferchitox]

@darshansrox  hahaha you are funny

[bhabooshka]

man ya i know, never i guess. Coz most parts look like bikes' trail already.

[chris24709]

:D Bout Time XD

[GrandTheftAuto4Films]

LOL @ Bing Map users

[SeikoPsycho]

I hate bicyclists so much.

I would run over every single bicyclist I pass if I could get away with it.

[m015094]

and I would key your car if I could get away with it. Douche.

[UberSecret]

( Replying @SeikoPsycho ) While you're "enjoying" the violent hate-crime fantasy you're unable to "..get away with..", I'll fantasize how miserable it would feel being a bubble-butted-jelly-belly in a motorized easy chair--instead of experiencing the reality of presently having a resting heart rate at 48 beats-per-second with blood pressure at 108 over 60 (and a 29" waist-line at 180lbs). From my experience, both: "riders" & "drivers", have been complete jerks.

[Glickisrad]

I was JUST thinking about this the other day.

[charlesdyfis]

It's a great start, but there's more to do; for instance, I'd love to be able to combine biking with mass transit to get an optimal route that combines both.

[UberSecret]

Since having bicycled non-stop from California State University Stanislaus to UC Santa Cruz several times in either direction, it seemed comparing gmaps to personal experience was a perfect way to test how it would appear.

It appears to fail to show a single route from beginning to end travel, showing instead isolated islands of all possible routes within each community separated from each other--probably the cities documented bicycle routes. Local trips for now--longer ones require planning.

[m015094]

Avoid steep hills? I WANT steep hills!!!!

[Bulif]

do you want steep hills that you must ride upwards;)

[m015094]

Upwards and downwards!!! Flat is boring.  Hills are fun.

[dawnmarieu]

thank you!

[ZacDaMan72]

Do New Zealand

[Joshua277456]

Screw Google maps....Bing maps is way better...compare the Aerial/3D views and you'll see

[LightxEdge]

transcribed audio says google maps is for walking and now for fighting

C:

[tyu3456]

I know lol, this whole transcribe audio thing is just fail

[jacobts]

they are getting there though, it has improved a lot lately.

[Bosco827]

Thanks Google! now make me a sandwich! (lol most people wont understand this joke)

[adamberg666]

its cool, if you're a pussy afraid of getting hit by cars.

[jpatton1989]

google maps...it's a great way to stay in shape

[lukassnakeman]

they need directions for parkour traveling

[lomat]

it'll just be a straight line

[Travelorange]

Cool

[djjake]

i used to love google maps, but they only really support america with it which is a shame

[jpatton1989]

duh...it's an american service...

[depro9]

Critical Mass thanks Google

[Geek178]

When will this be on mobile devices?

[filmzombi]

Btw, it is called a confrence bike.

[sugardaddylifestyle]

who's going to use this??

[bioveiga]

PLEASE bring that to BRAZIL!!!

[blackcrss]

can someone distinguise between dark green an light green wen exercisin?

[innomind]

I especially like the "avoid steep hills" feature. However, how would one use this on the road?? I dont think it would be convenient to fiddle with print out maps while on the bike, or stop every time to see where to go.

This would be ideal if the bike rider has a Motorolla Droid phone with car windshield holder, so that the GPS tell the rider using voice commands where to turn. I recon, a wireless bluetooth headset has to be used as well for this to give ideal user experience.

[micocas254]

Lockerz invites everyone!

Just private message me so that I can send you an invite for the best website ever!

I will also SUB you!

Thanks :)

[sarcastic456]

ahhh yes...google never ceizes to amaze me :D

[grogger31]

Pretty amazing that my company spends $600K per year on adWords and can't get Google on the phone to answer a simple customer service question, but they have the resources to add useless functionality to Google Maps.

[strawberries2442]

@grogger31 oh i'm sorry, i didn't know a service that's open to everyone on a website was useless.

[alphonse6570]

Great idea, but many roadies avoid bike trails because our speeds are too high to mix with strollers and kids. Nice feature that allows modification to Google suggested route. Text map is too large to use as a cue sheet; how about the ability to print it on quarter-pages, so it fits folded in our pocket? Lastly, "bike" and "biking" refers to motorcycles; "cycle" "bicycle" and "cyclist" refer to human-power.

[strawberries2442]

@alphonse6570 that terminology makes absolutely no sense. there's the word "cycle" in both of motorcycle and bicycle. *bike snobbbbbbbbb* oh excuse me. *cyclist snobbbbb*

[brodiemcculloch]

If only they had this when we cycled Europe

[wojtek1425]

The system just does not perform.

Tried my frequent route and google put me on a long stretch of busy highway , where bicycles are prohibited

[strawberries2442]

@wojtek1425 report it

[wojtek1425]

I tried to talk to these guys when translation was poor in google translator , but they don't seem to listen

[nafativedec]

They should really fix google translate. Its so bugged and unfinished that its just retared.

Finish google translate for all languages and than go doing stupid shits like biking directions, buzz, and other useless things.

[strawberries2442]

What is that thing at 0:09???? OH MY GOSH. I want one.

[V2SkiLLz0R]

@strawberries2442  Yeah wtf is that shit :D

[gandhirama]

How do we add trails that are not in the database yet? Next we need bike friendly camp sites on the maps! :)

[FailJunkies]

Fail Videos!! @ My Channel!!

[phanik18]

Great Video By Google

[phanik18]

Greatr

[phanik18]

Excellent

[stangtennis]

When will this be available in Denmark?? After all we are the country with most bicycles per inhabitant... Try Youtube'ing Denmark and bicycling...

[djrock9000]

I vote for google to be president of the USA. lol. Just kidding. Wouldn't it be nice though?

[superman123456]

google is going to take over the world one day!!! haha good job google

[manushaqehilej]

Thanks Google!(Awaiting this in Europe)

[Zerie]

start sending in suggestions! <3

[dominic7125]

can anyone tell me what the machine is which appeared at 0:10?

[cowswirl]

@dominic7125 i'm interested in the answer too. what multi-person machine was that?

[wyciskTV]

At last. I've been waiting for this feature for so long. Are you planning to add Europe coverage anytime soon?

[Ido013]

Now I need to unbreak my bicycle.

[Hans293]

Cool idea, but when I mapped a route from Naperville to Elgin IL, google maps continued displaying a map of San Francisco, which is nowhere near my route. Requesting car directions first, then bike directions, got the route properly displayed. The implementation is still a little buggy.

[Inmate527]

No offense but google still hasnt gotten the public transportation option right.

[VancouverDriver]

Thanks Google! (Awaiting this in Canada)

[rodsormen1]

Good, now do truck routes!

[petzsch]

can't wait to see the feature in germany as well :) keep it up

[funtonite]

the affairs of another changes to show you which streets are good for fighting. LOL

[bennett1724]

Thanks Google! I love directions on a bike

[conquersports]

Awesome!!!! Thank you Google!

[zezimatje]

Thank you Google , i totally love THE Google. Concept thumbs up

[UberSecret]

Fight Clubs--for Bicyclers Only!

[rahmanroni]

"two men to be labled by crowds" CC transcribing audio should be a comedian.

[thegatetube]

THANK YOU!!!!

[pastamancer07]

Google,

If there's one country you should consider, it's the Netherlands. It has one of the world's best bike path system.

[jurrien9]

wow thats awesome google !!

when will it come to Europe? and will it also be for google earth ???

tnx

[maxplaying]

eyes world

[incendiaryave]

I love you.

[vex95]

go google, go google

[bloodlessxone]

You guys rock!

[eletiy]

another yay for google :D

[blenderpanzi]

Who else read "Bikini Directions" at first? XD

[dalesun]

Fantastic Idea. My test directions were interesting and showed some great paths, but without customizing they were not great overall; sending me through a couple of traffic circles and other spots I would prefer to avoid. Its a beta and Ill heed its note of caution, and also follow its gentle prompting to suggest a "problem" (of a type which should be anticipated) with the suggested route. The suggested route is already much more helpful than just a map or driving directions.

[chobotnorgolbo]

lol for CC transcribing audio, try it out!

[rahmanroni]

LOl, the "CC transcribing audio" said you can now get directions for fighting instead of biking.

[chobotnorgolbo]

rofl, yeah xD

''it shows the best places to fighting''

[BandM555]

WHAT PART OF THE Vid does it say that??

[BandM555]

nvm

[PhillyKid07]

thank god for google, they are simply awesome!!

[jerryjcepic]

on andriod?

[pathock3]

love this.

[mhd86]

What about vancouver ?

[hoyun]

nice idea

[scvtalk]

Way to go big G! You even have maps for my suburb. Thanks!

[dinsmore1994]

awesome

[ScottRoseVideo]

Such an awesome addition I've been waiting for this for so long!

[Vakrian]

<3 google! thanks for yet another awesome thing!!

[michaelrubytube]

going to try it this weekend!

[makatski]

i keep clicking on the CC and nothing comes up! FAIL :(