There is a new internet site that enables you to share your favourite commuter route. It is in its early stages of development at present but should get better over the next few months.
www.bikely.com
First, a quick spiel from the homepage:
"Put very simply, Bikely helps cyclists share knowledge of good bicycle routes. It can be quite tricky traversing a car dominated city such as Melbourne on a bike, particularly when you need to travel an unknown route to a new destination. But the chances are, someone has cycled that way before you. Bikely makes it easy for him or her to show you the best way."
A few notes;
"This is a really early release. It may work. It may not work at all (I think it's broken in Opera ATM + I don't have any Macs to test on). It may do strange things that you don't expect. In IE6 and Firefox 1.5 it seems to work! Please let me know of any broken things you find. In this thread will do for now - I'll setup a feedback/bugs email address soon.
The usefulness of this idea is of course entirely dependent on how many bike routes we get into the database over time. If this attracts a sufficient following and we build a comprehensive network of bike paths, then I'll be glad to throw more development time into the project and add the necessary searching facilities and whatever other web2.0ey stuff that makes people feel warm and fuzzy.
Anyway.. for now, enjoy and let me know what your first impressions are.
Cheers,
Jules"
Current Routes
Add your own commuter route to bikely.com then email us with the address
Mackay City to Uni of Central Qld
