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Huh. That is the reason I used waze: it's the only app that would take advantage of back streets.
by daurnimator 7y ago
Huh. That is the reason I used waze: it's the only app that would take advantage of back streets.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoThat can backfire when Waze routes hundreds of cars onto the same narrow back streets (eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKy4ekd_SHU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKy4ekd_SHU)
- manwe150 7y agoAnecdotally, my impression was that Waze users tend to prefer routes that keep you moving and engaged (by making turns), while Google maps has tended towards picking equally fast routes but that might be more stop-and-go and boring.
- gffrd 7y ago… which reveals a lot of implied preferences that have been made. For in-city drives, what I'm looking for will depend what mood I'm in: Do I want to zone out and listen to a podcast? Blare music, scoot around, have fun? Take the scenic route? I would agree that Maps and Waze strike me almost as opposing forces in how they do things … without making it apparent.
- Symbiote 7y ago> Blare music, scoot around, have fun? This is exactly why I hate Waze: people "scooting around" are exactly the worst ones to have on residential back-roads, where children might be playing, people sleeping, and where there's less often a cycle path. Fortunately, traffic engineers in the larger European cities sometimes block off residential roads to cars to prevent "rat running".
- gffrd 7y agoHmm! Maybe routing apps should have an initial onboarding (or route-specific questions) similar to 401(k) / investing apps: "what is your tolerance for risk?" and "how well do you know this area?" and "do you like calm or active routes?"