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Google Maps Expands Real-Time Bikesharing Info to 23 More Cities

Wednesday July 17, 2019 7:23 AM PDT by Joe Rossignol

Google Maps this week expanded real-time bikesharing information to 23 additional cities in 16 countries around the world.

In addition to New York City, the feature is now available in Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Chicago, Dublin, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kaohsiung, London, Los Angeles, Lyon, Madrid, Mexico City, Montreal, New Taipei City, Rio de Janeiro, the San Francisco Bay Area, São Paulo, Toronto, Vienna, Warsaw, and Zurich.

In these cities, users can now locate bikeshare stations and pinpoint how many bikes are available near them in the Google Maps app for iOS or Android. Users can also find out whether there are empty spaces at bikesharing stations.

The feature is powered by real-time transit data company Ito World.

Tags: Google, Google Maps

Top Rated Comments

nvmls

70 months ago

Meanwhile Maps added "street-view" to parts of California.

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

dominiongamma

70 months ago

Meanwhile Maps added "street-view" to parts of California.

Meanwhile Google mines your data and sells it

Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

one more

70 months ago

This is cool! Hey, Apple Maps? ;)
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Meanwhile Google mines your data and sells it

So what? Google knows where you shop, big deal. In return it gives you nice free products to use. It’s a fair exchange, imo.

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nvmls

70 months ago

Meanwhile Google mines your data and sells it

So does Apple, your ISP and phone carrier. You even pay them to.

Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

alpi123

70 months ago

Meanwhile Google mines your data and sells it

And you're concerned because?

Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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