The mayors of Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius have sent a joint letter to Google's management this week calling for the current cycling infrastructure in the Baltic capitals to be reflected in Google Maps app. The letter underlines that cities have invested heavily in cycling networks over the last decade: 165 km of cycle lanes have been built in Riga, around 113 km in Tallinn and 170 km in Vilnius. In all three capitals, more cycle lanes are planned in the coming years. “Riga and other Baltic…
The mayors of Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius have sent a joint letter to Google's management this week calling for the current cycling infrastructure in the Baltic capitals to be reflected in Google Maps app. The letter underlines that cities have invested heavily in cycling networks over the last decade: 165 km of cycle lanes have been built in Riga, around 113 km in Tallinn and 170 km in Vilnius. In all three capitals, more cycle lanes are planned in the coming years. “Riga and other Baltic capitals are part of Europe, where the possibility to see cycling routes on digital maps is already a matter of course for citizens. At our first meeting with the Mayor of Tallinn, we agreed that this possibility – to see on Google Maps the route from A…