After ensuring that the pedestrians and users of public transport company in Mountain View, Google Maps has enriched the bike paths. At this time, a new feature that has the status of beta and works only in the United States. Google Maps will guide cyclists through 150 cities and routes. Incorrect and unsuitable sections may be made at designated with an asterisk.

In the preview for cyclists, streets, bicycle paths which are accompanied by continuous lines are marked in green. If, despite the absence of lane street bike suitable for riding a bicycle, then it is marked with a dotted green line. Estimated travel time of the selected section can not yet determined by the individual user parameters. For their calculation, Google uses "a comprehensive set of variables defining, inter alia, the type of surface, number of turns and terrain. For example, a flat section of Miami with a length of 31 kilometers, which largely runs along the main street, the service gives less than two hours drive. A similar average speed of around 15 km / h tests also showed the hilly San Francisco.

For the moment it is not possible to set their own preferences, for example, the preferred surface or the minimum number of intersections with traffic lights. This type of functionality is BBBike service, which draws on the cartographic data OpenStreetMap project. This service will take us through many European cities and some American cities, except that the start and end points you can assign only at intersections.