Bike Maps for Safe Bike Routes from Ride the City
Louisville, KY has new bike maps even before San Francisco! (thanks! @chrispeluso) You can now plan a route with Ride The City and choose between a direct route, safe route and safer route. The maps will let you know if the route is on city streets, bike paths, bike lanes or greenways. It gives distance and forecasts total estimated time. Additionally, the maps indicate locations near the route which offer bike sales and service and bike rentals.
These are findings and observations from testing this bike map tool in Louisville. The route I chose was from Sunergos Coffee on Preston to Cycler’s Cafe on Lexington. The intent was to use one location which offers bike sales and service and another location which offers alternate products and services. Also of interest were city streets and if we would receive multiple routes based on safety. Cycler’s Cafe was indicated as the destination with a red stop sign outline and the bike sales and service icon overlay. Three other bike shops were indicated including Bardstown Rd Bicycles with a capital “R” to indicate they rent bicycles and Parkside Boutique which was the next closest on the route. This route would be great on a motorized bicycle as well. Below is a screenshot and the link for Ride the City. Simply change the city after the backslash if you’re looking for a bike route outside of Louisville. Whether it’s a road bike, mountain bike, bmx, or motorized bike, enjoy the ride!
Link to plan your bike route: http://www.ridethecity.com/louisville
Bike Map of Louisville with Bike Shops
October 4, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I’m so impressed with what is happening to bike commuting in Louisville and all the efforts that are being made to support it. I don’t know if people realize that this is not the case in most cities and towns.