Alternate Route
Very frustrating when Waze updates the route with a bunch of turns,including a few difficult left turns, and it results in a time savings of a minute or two. Sometimes it doesnt save any time at all. I suggest an option were you can choose a time savings minimum before waze will take you off your current route. For example I would prefer to stay on my current, more direct route, unless a time savings of 5 min is available then please change my route.
Thanks
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Anonymous commented
Waze wants to be smart and easy to use, and claims to automatically learn your favorite alternative routes. But, it is failing to learn my alternate routes, and I'd prefer it not try to be so smart and just let me specify some, even if I need to login to a website from my laptop to do so.
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Shannon Stewart commented
Couldn't agree more!
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Anonymous commented
I need more route choices! For example i'm in san juan, i want to see how long it will take me via edsa or via manila. All 3 choices u show are only via manila. U shud make option to add via what area or road so we can add a route we are considering
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Guy commented
Currently, Waze give you option to navigate in the fastest way or the shortest. That’s it.
Naturally, this give you sometimes absurd results.
My idea is like the Google “I’m feeling lucky” option. If the user choose this option, it will take under consideration several parameters.
For example, for 2 minutes faster route, it will not direct you into toll road etc. -
Anonymous commented
Offer a route "drag" option to allow driver to choose a different route that is not suggested in the alternate route options.
Sometimes Waze will send you on a complicated route to save a few minutes, and not show the simple way's time (which may be just a few minutes longer). There's no way to force the system to show additional routes. -
SunJ commented
cease blind adherance?
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Brennan Pardee commented
City driving is different from suburban or freeway driving, due to increased traffic, and more importantly, unpredictable pedestrians and bikes, that are not part of Waze's data. Turning left-then right-then left-then right to save 1 minute often actually takes longer; changing lanes within one block can be impossible in heavy traffic, and waiting for pedestrians to cross the street when you want to turn negates any time savings. It may be a big process, but having a different algorithm for city rush hour driving would be beneficial.
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Sam Jacobs commented
Would like to see a tolerance setting added. For example, don't switch me off my usual route unless a new route saves me at least x minutes.
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Phoebus commented
I frequently get routed to a major highway with the resulting route taking longer AND having more miles than my usual route (which typically end up being option #3). I cant figure out how to stop this. It's whacked! Other navi apps have something called an optimal route, I.e. sacrificing a few minutes for a much shorter route is OK. But driving 10 miles more to save less than a minute on a 35 minute drive is NOT OK.
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Mac commented
With this option, users will not be asked to drive an extra 3 miles in order to save 1 minute, which is what happens with the "fastest" route style option. X minutes = Y extra miles (extra compared to the shortest route). This saves time, money, and is most energy responsible.
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Pete commented
let us be able to view them on the map also with choies them
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Kurt commented
Instead of redirecting my route to save (for example) two minutes, I'd like waze to know what routes I prefer and only divert me if an alternate route saves me a time amount of my choosing.
For example, only reroute me if the alternate route saves me 10 minutes. In other words, only take me through the sticks if its really worth my while...and I'll tell you what's worth my while.
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Thomas Furlong commented
I have the client set to choose the shortest route. Sometimes when I look at the routes there a re a number of alternatives with by similar ETAs. While I'm usually keen to get to get to my destination as a soon as possible I don't want to go on a long detour to save one or two minutes.
Can the routing server identify such a situation and make a sensible choice. I guess similar issues may be in play for toll roads.
Perhaps you could consider travelling 5 miles to save 1 minute excessive but anything less than this ratio is acceptable.
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Misha Syeed commented
There are already many options which affect a Wazer's routing, and many many more suggested on these forums. But sometimes a user will deactivate features without realizing their worth. For example, I never want to take a toll road, so I have those disabled -- but if I was stuck in traffic, and a toll road could save me some ridiculous amount of time, I might consider it, despite my usual preference.
So I would propose that any preferences which affect navigation can sort of "self-activate." Perhaps the user could set a time or distance delta threshold before the option flips on. Or perhaps when Waze determines that it really really is in the driver's best interest, it can suggest using that feature (rather than just rerouting).
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Pricilla commented
There should be more that 3 suggesting routes that include and don't include highway and tolls!
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Tony commented
I'd love to see Waze show alternate routes as I'm driving. In the ideal world, this would be live and dynamic, but that might be way to hard of a problem. An alternate would be to allow me to specify alternate routes for my saved locations (i.e. my normal commutes).
For example (distances, driving times from google): I work in downtown Seattle and live near the University. Waze often wants me to take I5N -> to NE 45th St [2.7mi, 8min]; I don't like the bridge segment of I5, and I hate driving through the University neighborhood (both are subject to unexpected delays). So I usually opt to ignore Waze and go I5N -> 520W -> Montlake Blvd (which then merges into the same place) [2.4mi, 7min]. Almost always after I make the turn, Waze updates the route and my arrival times stays the same (or +/- 1-2 minutes). However, occasionally there will be a problem on 520 that backs up traffic and my alternate route will take me 5-10-30 minutes longer! Because I ignore Waze's suggestion I don't see the problem until it's to late.
My suggestions in that alternate turns are shown in a lighter color under the next turn suggestion.
Current:
[White on Black] Rt 1.2 miles: NE 45th StMy proposal is to leave this the same and add a new line underneath:
[White on Black] Rt 1.2 miles: Exit 169 for NE 45th St
[black on gray?] Rt 0.1 miles: Exit 168B to merge onto WA-520 E toward Bellevue/Kirkland / Alternate route: +2 minutesImplementation (In order of preference)
1 - Waze suggests any "viable" alternative. Viable means that it doesn't suggest you get off the freeway and get right back on at a cost of 2 minutes; and maybe that the alternate route won't add more than X minutes
2 - Waze only suggests alternate routes that were available at the beginning - I'd guess this is doable, but not very helpful for long routes...
3 - Waze only shows my previously defined alternate routes. I initially tell Waze my preferred routes, and it always shows those as alternates. This would work great for commuting where my start and end points are almost always the same, but not so great when I'm out and about and using Waze as a traditional GPS.