Google Maps Now Shows Real-Time Bikesharing Info

Over the past few months, Google Maps has received a ton of updates and QoL improvements. I might fence that some of them are superfluous but that'southward only how Google rolls. Today, Google Maps gets nevertheless another new feature that volition let you quickly detect bicycle-sharing stations around your location. You lot'll be able to see how many bikes are available for rental, and whether there are any spots open at your destination to drop off your bike. Co-ordinate to their blog post:

Bikesharing is booming as this two-wheeled technology transforms how people get from A to B in cities around the planet. With an estimated 1,600 bikeshare systems and more xviii one thousand thousand shared bikes in urban centers worldwide, bikesharing has gone mainstream. And for good reason--it'south a convenient, affordable, fun and hassle-free style to get around. For the past year, travellers and commuters in New York City have been using Google Maps to both locate bikesharing stations and encounter exactly how many bikes are bachelor at a station in existent-time. Today, we're rolling out this characteristic to a full of 24 cities in 16 countries.

Google Maps will show all the bike-sharing locations well-nigh you. An info card at the bottom of the screen features a navigation shortcut and a shortcut for calling the bike-sharing centre if that'southward an available pick.

The changes will roll out in 24 major cities in 16 countries. The list includes Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Chicago, Dublin, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kaohsiung, London, Los Angeles, Lyon, Madrid, Mexico City, Montreal, New Taipei Urban center, New York City, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco Bay Expanse, São Paulo, Toronto, Vienna, Warsaw and Zurich. The feature will be available both on Android and iOS and should be enabled via an OTA update to the Google Maps awarding. Nosotros can expect a broader rollout to commence subsequently on in the year.