Bike-sharing schemes seem to be popping up all over the place these days, but Google’s may be the oddest of them all. Why? Because it appears that the folks living in the company’s home city have ...

The world’s most popular Internet search engine is getting more bicycle-friendly. On Wednesday, Google will unveil a service offering bicycling directions on its Google Maps feature. Hard-core and ...

Hooray for Google adding bicycling directions to Google Maps — too bad it isn’t more useful. I’m not sure this is Google’s fault, however, as many bike routes/lanes/paths are poorly documented and ...

Is there any limit to the amount of clever hacks a computer-literate person can perform with Google Earth? One of the best we’ve seen mashes together a bike computer with Google Earth to create Google ...

Bike-sharing is a convenient way to get around a city, but with so many schemes operating concurrently it's sometimes tough to know where the nearest station with available bikes is. Now, Google can ...

Google recently added a new overlay to its Google Maps service — Google Bike Maps — and we’re curious what your experience was like using it. The Bike Maps application was created in our neck of the ...

At long last, Google Maps has routes specifically for bikes. With the click of a mouse, the new feature allows you to plot the best (and flattest!) ride from Point A to Point B. Several cities, ...

Amid the lawn statues of green robots and candy at Google’s Mountain View headquarters nicknamed the Googleplex, an armada of distinctive yellow, green, and red bicycles are available for employees to ...

Dara Kerr was a senior reporter for CNET covering the on-demand economy and tech culture. She grew up in Colorado, went to school in New York City and can never remember how to pronounce gif. Google ...

Can Google change a car-centric culture in its own backyard? Data to the rescue. In theory, the heart of Silicon Valley–towns like Mountain View and Santa Clara–should be the ultimate place to bike.

Google on Wednesday launched bicycle directions for Google Maps making it easier for cyclists to plan routes in 150 U.S. cities including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, ...