Google Maps, which very recently added a “public transit” option to its directions options, has gone a step further (no pun intended and I’m sorry) and added “walking” to the list of ways to get from here to there.   Here’s a screenshot captured by treehugger.com:

This is pretty exciting news for those of us that would get driving directions in a place like San Francisco and then try and figure out which streets were one-way that actually could be walked. In addition to the aforementioned public transit directions available at Google Maps, the website really is making life a lot easier for anyone who wants to use their car less and be awesome more.

If you want to put this new feature to good use, you can takepart and find out which cities are the most walkable at Walk Score, a site devoted to those that prefer to travel bidpedally.