Google Maps makes major update to cycling navigation Features include warning of routes with heavy motor traffic and highlighting alternatives with better cycling infrastructure or fewer turns cycling
Google Maps has made a major update to its cycling navigation capabilities, including which route options will see riders encounter heavy traffic, as well as highlighting ones where they will find greater provision of cycling infrastructure.
Cycling directions, giving route options and estimated timings as well as a comparison of elevation profiles have been a feature of Google Maps for a number of years now, but the internet giant says that the new features mean that “In addition to seeing the elevation along your route, you’ll also know if you’ll encounter heavy car traffic, stairs or steep hills.
Here’s how it would look on your phone, with route options provided for a journey from just south of Arsenal FC’s Emirates Stadium to Hampstead Heath .
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