Hi all,
Okay, this really has me stumped. In the screenshot that I have provided, the green arrows indicate the route I take to work. The red arrows indicate the route Waze wants me to go. As you can clearly see, the short road I take definitely trims a little off the top. I really can’t figure out why Waze doesn’t use that road! Now, here’s the really odd part; for my return trip, Waze “always” has me take that little shortcut! Why would the direction matter? Thoughts?
https://www.waze.com/editor?env=usa&lon=-71.19474&lat=43.83254&s=120839511&zoom=4
From your screenshot it doesn’t indicate the length of time though the green line is clearly a shorter route. The Yellow primary street is a better routing choice and only involves 1 turn whereas the green route requires a merge/turn on the northern end. It could be that Waze calculates both as close enough and prompts the better route by road type. It could be that the return trip has historical data showing the green route is actually faster. What kind of time difference are we talking?
In my quick test, not knowing your starting point or destination, I used a starting point of Bennett Rd and a destination on route 41, just before 131. With those, I did receive instructions to use Cross Rd.
To troubleshoot further we’d need to know the specifics of your drive. What is your starting point and destination, and what time of day is this happening?
Thank you for the replies. My trip is from Pequawket Trail, Freedom (off Ossipee Lake Rd), to Rt. 41 north, to Rt. 113 north to Rt. 16 north to Conway. I work an odd-ball evening/night shift. The shortcut across Cross Rd. probably only saves me just a few minutes, but who wouldn’t want to do the same.
Thanks again!
Jeff
Well, I’m not sure what happened, but the route across Cross Rd. worked today for the first time. What a surprise!
How long have you been using Waze while driving there? Waze is only as good as the data it has, and it is possible that Waze didn’t have reliable data for that road, and so was routing you the other way. If you just started using Waze over that road, you would be adding to the data that Waze has, and Waze has figured out that it is faster (and now routes you that way).
I would say that I have been using that route a little over a month. Looks like Waze finally caught up with me!
Thank you for the help!
Yes, that would explain what you saw.
SOLVED!