Best time to leave!

[AlanOfTheBerg]

Waze does have something along these lines in the Android version, or at least it used to. I don't remember the details, but there was something which would show the optimal time to leave work or home based on historical traffic patters, to minimize the time spent en route.

Now, Waze does have calendar integration planned which would do exactly what you're requesting. We haven't heard about it lately, so it likely is still months to a year away.

[chrisgeb]

My suggestion is to allow for flexible departure and arrival times and dates to minimize the amount of gas, time in the car, etc.

Here is the use case for my suggestion.

I am leaving to go back home tomorrow, and I want to know based on historical data, the best route to take and what time I should leave to get me home by a certain time. I am flexible on my departure time and dont want to get get home later then lets say 10PM. I would select the possible departure days and departure times and then set an arrival date and time that I must be home. Waze would then use the data in the database on past traffic, accidents and give me the best time to leave. You could even then take it one step further, and update if you need to pull over to sleep.

Let me know if this is something of interest! I would love to see it as a feature. If you could save people money in gas and time, it would be something that could be an add on...

[dhanix]

I agree! I would want something similar. I was thinking of something much simpler to start off.

Scenario: I must be in another town by 9:00AM in order to be ON TIME at a very important appointment. I set my starting location and my destination's location and Waze, the night before that would feature an alarm, based on the time it takes to get there, to alert me when it's time to go. Maybe I have to leave at 8:30 since there's light traffic reported. Maybe a major wreck, so I get my alarm at 8:10 based on the extra time it would take due to the heavier than normal traffic.

This would be very convenient for most everyone who has a doctor's appointment, an interview, or just anything that requires you to "budget in" extra time because of unseen circumstances, and it won't make you late because of traffic or any other road problems.

Worst case scenario, you leave extra early and arrive extra early and believe me, I'd rather be early than late.