Planning the right route for your next ride takes more than just figuring out how to go from A to B...
As most cyclists know, finding the best route doesn't just mean finding the shortest route. The route below is the shortest route by distance, but what if we consider hills?
This is the fastest taking into consideration hills. It may be slightly longer, but we can save a couple minutes (and our legs) by avoiding the biggest hills. But what about headwind?
Headwinds can be just as nasty as a big hill, every 3 mph extra in headwind is equivalent to a 0.6% increase in grade. Even a mildly windy day can add several minutes to your ride, now you can avoid the worst headwinds or even catch a nice tailwind. Now that we have the fastest route, how can we find the safest?
Finding a bike lane isn't enough, you could still be forced to go through dangerous intersections. We've collected hundreds of thousands of accident reports and use an advanced machine learning model to consider dozens of variables to truly find the safest routes.