Feature Request: Personalized Cost per Minute for Route Selection

I would like to suggest a feature that would make Waze's route selection much more useful.

Currently, Waze will normally recommend the faster route, even when the time difference is very small and the faster route includes a significant toll.

For example:

• Route A: 42 minutes, no toll
• Route B: 40 minutes, $6 toll

Waze will normally choose Route B because it is faster, even though I am paying $6 just to save 2 minutes.

I don't want to completely disable toll roads, because sometimes paying a toll is absolutely worth it when the time savings are significant.

My suggestion

Add a setting that allows the user to define how much they are willing to pay for each minute saved.

For example:

"I am willing to pay up to $0.50 for each minute saved."

Waze could then use this preference when deciding which route to recommend.

For example:

• Toll: $6
• Time saved: 2 minutes
• Cost per minute saved: $3/minute

Since my limit is $0.50/minute, Waze would recommend the free route.

But if the same $6 toll saves me 20 minutes:

• $6 ÷ 20 minutes = $0.30/minute

Waze would recommend the toll road.

Include fuel costs as well

The calculation could also take fuel consumption and fuel costs into account.

Waze could compare the total additional cost of a route:

Toll + additional fuel cost

against:

Time saved × user's value per minute

This would allow Waze to choose the route that provides the best overall value.

For example:

• Route A: 45 minutes, $0 toll, $3 fuel
• Route B: 35 minutes, $6 toll, $2 fuel

Route B costs an additional $5 but saves 10 minutes.

If the user has set their maximum value at $0.50 per minute, 10 minutes are worth $5, so Waze would know that the faster route is right at the user's limit.

Suggested setting

Maximum amount I am willing to pay per minute saved:

• $0 – Never pay for time savings
• $0.25/minute
• $0.50/minute
• $1/minute
• $2/minute
• Custom amount

This would be much more flexible than simply choosing "Avoid toll roads."

It would allow Waze to understand that I am willing to pay for saving time, but only when the time savings justify the additional cost.

This would prevent situations where I pay several dollars simply to save 2 or 3 minutes, while still allowing me to use toll roads when they provide substantial time savings.