Problem
Filtering on route planning and heat map doesn’t allow for detailed understanding of the road types.
Details
Route planning for a bike ride will currently allow you to filter by paved roads, unpaved etc but for a road cyclist just because it’s paved doesn’t mean it is good to cycle on.
I have moved to a new area recently and I don’t know the roads well. Creating routes on Strava I have often been taken onto to paved roads but of poor quality.
A paved road may be good for commuting on comfy tyres but on a racing bike be unsuitable.
Traffic on paved roads will also differ and is not taken into consideration when route planning or on heat maps.
Solution
Increased filtering options.
It would good to be able to filter the global heat map by more precise criteria. This would allow a user to see the heat map most relevant for the type of ride they are doing.
By defining more criteria about your ride on the route planner it will allow a more suitable route to be created.
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