Google adds biking!

Submitted by mkohara on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 8:47am

Google added a biking option today to its directions! Check out this route

The Tribune wrote a great piece on it, too.

Work with Google

Submitted by Chris Hancock (not verified) on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 4:10pm.

Does the Active Transportation Alliance plan to work with google to update their data?

Thanks,
Chris

Route partners

Submitted by espotts on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 2:34pm.

Chris,

We produce the Chicagoland Bike Map and have provided that data to a variety of online routing sources including the RTA's www.goroo.com. On our links page we reference Goroo and several other online bike routing options. There are no official plans to partner with Google at this time but we wouldn't rule it out.

Down the road, we hope that we can provide our map data in better/different forms for biking, walking and transit opportunities around the region. But, that could be 5+ years away before it's a reality.

Thanks,

Ethan Spotts

Yup, it needs some fine-tuning all right...

Submitted by erwink (not verified) on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 7:43pm.

From a quick perusal, there are a lot of routes that exist but are incomplete in the system, and some things that are just wrong. I'm sure they've got a process in mind for getting the kinks out. Least I hope so.