Dear Waze community,

Typically, I rely on Waze to guide me home, however, while leaving a friend's apartment while visiting a foreign country, I found that my fastest route home led me down dark streets and uncrowded areas. Being a young female, I realized that while this was the most efficient way home, it was certainly the least safe. While walking, I realized a vital and potentially life saving feature that could be added to the Waze app would be directions that provided the most lit route in addition to the already offered fastest route. This would benefit not only young women but anyone who finds themselves alone in an unfamiliar and poorly lit area. This feature would function similarly to the traffic feature and would rely on user feedback to provide the up to date information on the most lit, or in their eyes, most safe route. I believe that if this feature were to be added there would be a greater ease for users walking alone and they would find that safety is valued over convenience.

Thank you for your time and consideration,
Katherine