{"id":155,"date":"2010-03-10T10:34:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T15:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/?p=155"},"modified":"2010-03-23T11:49:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T16:49:01","slug":"google-maps-has-a-bike-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/2010\/03\/10\/google-maps-has-a-bike-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps has a bike mode!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally! The Twitters are aflutter this morning with the news that <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">Google Maps<\/a> has added a &#8220;Bicycling&#8221; mode to their package (in addition to Car, Public Transit, and Walking). To test it out, I asked for directions from my place in Greenpoint to <a href=\"http:\/\/abilenebarbrooklyn.com\/\">Abilene bar<\/a> in Carroll Gardens. Now that the weather is nicer, I foresee that this is a trip I will be taking more and more often&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/googlebike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-156\" title=\"googlebike\" src=\"http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/googlebike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/googlebike.jpg 604w, http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/googlebike-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty funny that Google wants me to bike over the Williamsburg Bridge into Manhattan, ride through Chinatown and take the Manhattan Bridge back into Brooklyn. Not how I&#8217;d choose to do it&#8230; but their second and third route suggestions were more logical, though I guess less safe from a bike lane perspective. This update hasn&#8217;t made its way onto the Google Maps app on my Android phone yet. That&#8217;s where it would be most helpful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp_plus_one_button\" style=\"margin: 0 0 8px 8px; float:right; \"><g:plusone size=\"medium\" href=\"http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/2010\/03\/10\/google-maps-has-a-bike-mode\/\" callback=\"wp_plus_one_handler\"><\/g:plusone><\/div><div class=\"pp-fb-like-btn-wrap\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/2010\/03\/10\/google-maps-has-a-bike-mode\/\" data-share=\"false\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-width=\"450\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"like\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally! 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