Ride the City launches in San Diego

Ride the City(RTC) has officially launched in San Diego. Unlike Google maps’ “walking” option in figuring out a bike route that avoids the freeways, RTC uses elevation data to provide routing suggestions so that bicyclists in San Diego can decide on a less hilly route to ride on. From the press release:

This is our largest geographic area yet, including all of San Diego County. You can use Ride the City, for example, to get bicycling directions for a point just south of San Clemente to the Mexican border, about 80 miles.During early testing, lots of users told us we needed to do something to incorporate elevation data because of San Diego’s hills and canyons. Well now we do it. In addition to finding safe bike routes, Ride the City now attempts to steer you away from grueling climbs (at least when there is a less steep alternate route that doesn’t add too much distance).

Try out Ride the City and use the routing ideas. To improve upon the suggestions, be sure to use the “rate the route” link.

Our thanks go out to Vaidila Kungys and Jordan Anderson for providing such a valuable resource to San Diego County bicyclists.