Can't seem to get the shortest route when driving from Houston to Hot Springs, AR; it always sends me via Dallas which is about 100 miles further and obviously going to take a lot longer. Have filed a ticket correctly about two months ago but no response. Very frustrated!

Please bring back the option to switch to and from shortest and fastest routes

Waze selects fastest route in last version.If a parameter could make it optional for minimum time preference it will be better.For example i can set >=5 minute for fastest route,otherwise shortest route to select.

I'm apalled at the deletion of shortest route feature. I drive an electric vehicle and it's a life saver. Why dont you want tsave me anymore?

TOTALLY AGREE. IT WAS A GOOD OPTIONS AND I'VE ALWAYS USED THAT.FRUSTRATING BE REMOVED

The choice for short routes we always had. But it disappeared. I really want it back!

we really enjoyed the option of fastest time or shortest route

we enjoyed the option of shortest distance

Seems to be unimplementable... Drive at light speed, get there very fast ;) ... how fast do you intend to drive without speed limits... 160km/hour, 200km/hour.

Right now you have options time or distance... sometimes they will coincide, if they don't Waze can't choose for you. What do you want, the fastest or the shortest route. From your description I would say you want "fastest". However fastest will always take into account speed limits as else Waze doesn't know how fast you intend to drive.

We have now 2 kind of roads, faster and shortest I'd prefer a third choice that shows the shortest time to reach destination regardless distance or speed limits.

Fastest or shortest routes options need to be easier to get to.

My idea is for delivery workers
the input is: 1) place of city 2) streets and numbers

The algorithm: create the most shortest path by using all addresses in number 2 which are inside the city in number 1.

The output: shortest path from the location of the user.

That number is infinite, so impossible to do...maybe you want to see all the fastest and shortest options to make a decision? If so, let Waze make the suggestion then hit the blue "routes" button at the bottom of the screen. It will show you several options which you can choose from.

Waze could advise me that although it is recommending the quickest route, that this route is xx miles longer but yy minutes quicker than the shortest route. I can select "It's OK" to continue or "shorter route" to choose the shorter, slightly longer route.

We would like to see all routes possible when choosing a destination,
Regardless our definitions are "the fastest" or "the shortest"! Please. Thank you.

My thought here is that the app should optimize time and distance. Last night we were in familiar territory. Waze picked a route that was 8.1 miles but 22 minutes, whereas the usual route is 9.5 miles and 12 minutes. If the user selects "shortest" and the app is just ranking distances without any other adjustments (picks 8.1 20 minutes over 8.3 15 minutes), that seems silly. Meanwhile, we are switching over to "fastest"! :)

It would be very helpful to be able to switch between shortest and fastest route with one click, without having to go into settings first.
It is not always possible to go into settings while you are driving.
This would be helpful when you are stuck in traffic for eg, or running late and you can then change the route to what you prefer with one click

Create a new route type that will cause Waze to suggest the most direct route. Which is the one that stays on the major roads for most of the route and has the least number of turns. I find that the constant course corrections with the "Fastest" route type can be a bit overwhelming, and the "Shortest" route type can bring me into neighborhoods that I might not want to be in.

Usually I want the quickest route, but not at the expense of a long detour.

You can change Fast for Shortest in the Settings.