I used the new AI-generated route generator on the mobile app (why wouldn’t this start on the normal route builder?).  After several attempts to get a route that seemed rational, the few resulting routes took me on very dangerous roads.  One had me on the main interstate the runs through my city.  The one I used recently was in a new are that I hadn’t explored yet (unfamiliar with the roads), so I gave it a try.  I really wanted this to work well.  In the end, the route had me ride on about 12 miles of very unsafe roads that were single lane, no shoulder, busy with traffic.  What I learned is that these routes should just not be trusted and only used in areas you’re already familiar with.  I think there are a few necessary features that are missing for “safe” route making to ever work properly.

• Time of day of the sourced bike traffic:  Riding at 6AM on a specific road may end with a much different experience than riding at 10AM.  Trying to create routes for different times of the day might be a poor solution.  Having suggestions on other options within a current route might be better.  Real-time route suggestions.
• There are many roads that should simply not be part of a route.  Allow crowd sourcing of “don’t ride here” roads, probably with some optional timeframes (great at 6AM, but not after 8AM.).

I really really really want this to work well.  Other opinions would be awesome, especially experiences with this new tool that maybe work much better (or worse yet) in different geographies.