Navigate shortest route
With the new update you all took away the option to search by shortest route available or Fastest route available. Please bring this function back.
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Fabio Nitschke Gomes commented
Sometimes Waze indicates a "faster" route that I'd prefer NOT to adopt, because the additional distance may be insane for very few time gain. (See real life examples below.)
It could be great to have an ECO ROUTE option where I prefer to keep the shortest way, even if it takes 10-20% more time.
Ex.1: in short paths, Waze gives me a route 50% farther to get there only 1 ou 2 minutes before the estimated time from the shortest way.
Ex.2: Waze send me to the local street to return to the express street only half mile ahead.
Even going by the "fastest" route, in most cases the estimated "gain" in time doesn't occurs in real life. (In fact, sometimes it takes longer after all...)
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Priya Strongleaf commented
it would be nice to be able to pick the best route out of surface and highway roads, not just one or the other. as in, list all optimal 'quickest' or 'shortest' routes, not limited to highway OR non-highway.
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Pete commented
that is already there it is under your settings
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Leaurange commented
In practice, and in many situations, we want to switch from most direct path (but never suggested by Wase) to the path suggested by Waze and taking into account the traffic situation:
- "Direct Path" does not take into account traffic information, and depending on the setting of Waze (the most direct / shortest)
- "Path Waze recommended by" taking into account traffic conditionsThe ideal would be to have two representations at the same time on the map (represented by two colors) and a direct button to switch to the other parcour.
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mwiz881 commented
When you add a destination, ask if you want the shortest route, or the fastest route.