Waze often sends me into the thick of traffic during rush hour, ostensibly on a faster route as measured by other Wazers' progress. However, when I see the traffic volume and divert to a route I know will be relatively traffic free, it's much faster because not only are there no Wazers on my alternative route, _there's no traffic at all_. Should be a simple addition to make, an option to route me to the nearest shortest path with zero Wazer reports. In a major metro area, that only happens when there's no traffic on that route at all. It's easy to spot other Wazers on the road; they're the ones joining you in diving for the exit ramp when Waze pops up a route change...

Waze to suggest route changes and alternative route live when driving and some heavy traffic is happening ahead. - Last week I was driving home the usual route but a friend of mine called me to report heavy traffic on the usual route, so I changed the road, and when I reached home Waze showed me that there is heavy traffic around me but did not offer me to avoid it some 20 kilometer earlier.

This suggestion if for the website only and not the app as don't believe this option will be as helpful to app users. Plus a simple thing to add to a website.

Search options - Show for example Congestion only, Works only, Accidents only, etc. Will help cities that use traffic control centres to better identify issues and deal with them quicker which will reduce and/or remove congestion. No city has every square inch of the roads covered by CCTV. It needs the public’s help also to identify issues, programs like this can help those company’s but only if Waze listen. Vote for this option for better roads.

Today I was driving to work on I95 in Connecticut and was stuck in a standstill. Waze was continuing to route me on I95 to Exit 13 even though I was approaching Exit 14 which was clear and would have taken me to my office much quicker. I think the app should have detected the faster route and told me about it.

... I would LOVE it, of course...
Sorry!

I'd like to go even further: next to the list of routing announcements is a list of traffic obstacles (congestions, roadworks etc.).
I would live it if I could click on an issue and select this particular issue to be avoided. Thus you can decide yourself if runnung into the traffic issue is ok or not (if it takes only a few minutes to get through the traffic there, then re-routing doesn't make that much sense, does it?).

automatic rerouting when there is heavy traffic ahead

Rather often, either when editing, or using the app myself, I see Waze suggest a rather odd route, or down a side street, to attempt to save time on the drive. While laudable in intent, it unfortunately has the side effect of presenting a confusing route or one that doesn't really result in enough time saved vs the amount of time spent driving.

For example, an average driver is probably not going to want to turn off a main route to potentially save one minute to avoid a red light on a one hour drive. Instead of simply using a pre-determined amount of time saved (ie., 30 seconds-1 min) to suggest a detour around a known area of average low traffic speeds, Waze should instead calculate a detour around a low speed route or traffic jam if the time saved exceeds a certain percentage (5-10% at minimum) of the total ETA.

I'd rather stay moving and go a little farther or even take a little longer for sanity's sake so could the least congested traffic be a route suggestion? I have a 16 mile work commute that takes from 30-50 minutes. The fastest route has me stuck at a standstill for half the trip.

FORMA DE PREVENÇÃO DE PONTOS DE CONGESTIONAMENTO.
Como prevenção do trânsito, poderia ser estudada uma forma de fazer uma aplicação para prever os pontos de congestionamento baseado em informações de usuários que enviariam a uma central o trajeto que irá utilizar e o horário previsto de saída. O sistema cruzaria as informações e detectaria os pontos de gargalo, e daria sugestões de mudança de horário ou trajeto como retorno aos usuários.

Staumeldungen von anderen Wazern, die sich auf der eigenen Route befinden, werden umfahren.

In rush time in large cities Waze must calculate how distributed vehycles in order to avoid trafic caused by waze followers.

currently there are two main options to choose a route, the quickest by time or the shortest by length. during my drive to work in the morning I find myself stuck in a traffic jam no matter which option I choose. it might be beneficial to add another option, the one with the least traffic jams (highest avg speed) - I don't mind traveling five/ten more minutes, or 10/15 Km more, if it is while driving/moving and not while standing in a traffic jam. would appreciate such an option

This is a more specific variation on the "re-route based on upcoming traffic conditions / congestions" suggestion. http://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59223-client-how-can-we-improve-waze-on-your-phone/suggestions/2360039-re-route-based-on-upcoming-traffic-conditions-co

For my normal daily routes I _DO_NOT_NEED_ turn by turn instructions. I already know the way. I drive those routes every day. But it sure would be nice if waze understood where I was headed and tried to suggest an alternate route if trouble is brewing on my normal route.

So this is like alternate route advice w/out turn by turn instructions.

There HAS to be a No-Traffic-Jam-Button!
It happens really often that I drive on the highway and there is no Traffic-Jam anymore! I want to report to waze that there is no traffic-jam anymore!!

In addition to fastest/shortest, add a non-congested option.

Sitting in traffic can be very tiring and if you are already tired, say after work, you'd rather drive a little longer, but w/o the hassle of traffic jams. The shortest route doesn't solve this, as the shortest route can take significantly longer.

The implementation would be trivial, too: the routing server will still do the faster route, except it will never route through any segments that are currently showing any kind of congestion.

When an accident or stand still traffic has been reported on your route, on a highway - recommend an exit and reentry point ahead of time to avoid sitting in heavy congestion or missing an exit opportunity.

It seems to me that the preferred route learned by Waze between home and work do not take traffic jam into consideration, this is not optimized.
I would suggest that Waze show the preferred route (with traffic jam) but let us choose 2 alternate routes, ideally one on each side of the current route.

I am a bit hazy about the fastest and shortest route. Many times both options give similar times, but use different streets. Basically all I want is a route without any traffic and will get me there moving all the time. It would be nice to have the option for a fast, traffic free, and eco route.