You will now be able to use Google Maps to see the location of bike sharing stations and to check how many bikes are available, provided you live in one of the 23 big cities that Google has just added to the service that it started testing last year in New York City.

Bike sharing is an eco-friendly way to commute and it's extremely popular in European capitals, which will be among the first to get support for the feature. In the US, Google Maps will now start showing bike sharing information for Chicago, Los Angeles, and the San Fran Bay Area in addition to New York.

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