Alejandro Herrera
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Currently, when Waze shows an alternative route, the interface tells me how much faster or slower the alternative route is compared to my current route.
For example:
“4 min faster”
I think it would be very useful to also show the difference in distance.
For example:
4 min faster
+20 km
This would give users a much better understanding of the trade-off between time and distance.
Imagine there is a traffic jam ahead. Waze may suggest an alternative route that is currently 4 minutes faster because it avoids the traffic, but that route could require driving 20 additional kilometers.
As a driver, I may decide that saving 4 minutes is not worth driving 20 km more, because of the additional fuel consumption, vehicle wear, or simply because I prefer to stay on my current route and wait for the traffic to clear.
On the other hand, if the alternative route is 4 minutes faster and only adds 1–2 km, I might choose it immediately.
Waze already calculates the distance of each route, so showing the difference would provide useful additional information without changing the existing routing algorithm.
I believe the UI could simply display:
4 min faster
+20 km
Or:
4 min slower
−15 km
This would allow drivers to make a more informed decision based on both time and distance, rather than time alone.