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Find out more about Ben: Ben Marks is a freelance writer and editor. His cycling accomplishments include solo rides from Santa Cruz to San Simeon and Fort Bragg to San Francisco. His regular weekend loop usually takes him up Old La Honda Road to Skyline and then back down via the Woodside Bakery and Café. |
If you've ever taken the back way to get to the Century Cinemas on Shoreline Boulevard in Mountain View, you probably noticed all those baby-blue bicycles parked in front of the numerous office buildings that make up Google's growing campus. According to fortune.com, bicycles are the main way Google employees get from building to building for lunch, meetings, or whatever. I've even seen Google bicycles parked at the cinema itself.
Which is to say, Google is a very bike-friendly place. Last year the company gave (as in, "here, take this, please") Google-branded Raleigh commuter bicycles, as well as helmets, to 2,000 of its employees in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. These lucky worker bees were even able to choose their model, one of which was a folding cruiser.
So it's no surprise that a petition is now circulating, asking the search behemoth to add a "Bike there" feature to complement the "By car," "By public transit," and "Walking" options for directions at Google Maps.
As of July 30, 2008, more than 40,000 cyclists, including me, had signed the virtual document.
Amount of carbon dioxide not produced since July 10, 2008 thanks to commuting by bicycle: 86.66 pounds
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