Though the ridiculous media flurry about CitiBike — and itsall - powerful bike antechamber angel — intensified this weekend , there was also one bright post : The New York Timesunveiled an synergistic mathematical function that lets users add their own tips and warnings to fellow rider .
The map invites bicycler to tot ten - word blurbs to a map of the city . They range from hard-nosed advice ( “ Avoid Brooklyn Bridge unless it ’s early or late ” ) to jokey ( “ Williamsburg Bridge is a drag landing strip for Category 6 racing ” ) . you’re able to also toggle onto a secondary fashion , which pulls information from the popular GPS tracking app , Strava , to show which routes are most popular amongst exploiter . There are already plenty of unlike chromosome mapping option for bicyclist who need directions , but this interactive grants us admission to a secondary bed of information : all of the top and tricks that , unremarkably , take years of experience to amass . And , as one thousand of new cyclists flood the streets , a service like this is incredibly utile .
The map comes on the heels of anop - edpublished by the NYT a few weeks back , which critiqued the deficiency of viable smartphone apps for the median bike commuter train . It seems that the paper ’s Graphics Desk was n’t contented to await for someone to develop a good interactive map — or else , they did it themselves . see out the maphere , and for in - depth advice , point over to WNYC’sBike Adviceproject . For more map goodness , there ’s a beautiful CitiBike heatmaphere .
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