We bike path-mapped between NYC's Met Meseum and the Chelsea Art Museum

While the Google Trike bike pedals its way through the 360 miles of Boulder's bike paths in an experiment to add Streetview for bike paths, the search giant has begun step 1 of bicycling integration into their excellent Google Maps.

Until we have Streetview to explore nature down the paths less traveled or go deeper into Central Park than the cut-through roads, we can at least enjoy their newest feature, still in beta: directions via bicycle paths. According to the blog Google Maps Mania, it's as easy as selecting "Bicycling" from the drop-down "Get Directions" menu in Maps, and the map will then show suitable cycling routes, and "bike paths with no cars are shown in dark green and roads with bike lanes are shown in light green."

Taking the new feature for a spin, after the jump>