Neat-o bikesharing layer on gMaps

I have to figure out how to customize Google Maps. Paul DeMaio, a transportation consultant and blogger who specializes in bicycling, has fiddled around with gMaps and created a layer that shows the location and status of bikesharing programs around the world. It's called -- wait for it -- the Bike-sharing Map.

A biker icon indicates an operating program, while a question mark seems to mean the program is either being studied, or planned, or maybe DeMaio hasn't yet researched the details.

The map shows bikeshare programs are at the planning stage in the U.S. -- but one in Washington DC, Smartbike, appears to have made the leap to full operation. It uses these cute little machines that evoke the old Schwinn Stingray, and look like they're wearing miniskirts:



(Observation: Smartbikes's hours are supposedly 6am-10pm. The bikes don't appear to be equipped for night riding, but the legalese makes the renter test the lights before riding, so lights must be there somewhere.)

What I'm really looking forward to about the map is seeing the number of locations change status and proliferate over time.