# Route creator not selecting optimal path
**URL:** https://community.citystrides.com/t/route-creator-not-selecting-optimal-path/22784
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 1, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/route-creator-not-selecting-optimal-path/22784 "2021-04-01T10:58:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@kevincharlespels](https://community.citystrides.com/u/kevincharlespels)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/route-creator-not-selecting-optimal-path/22784/1 "2021-04-01T10:58:44Z")
Anyone else getting problems with the route creator not selecting optimal paths? See screenshot - it is not picking the most straight lines, and this is not OSM-related - not a problem with the underlying map, I’ve made routes that went past here before, etc.
So I am having to use the straight-line tool to ‘bypass’ the issue for now.
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### Author:  [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/route-creator-not-selecting-optimal-path/22784/2 "2021-04-01T13:48:20Z")
Maybe [Graphhopper](https://docs.graphhopper.com/#operation/getSolution/200/application/json/solution) is interpreting something about those streets as not being usable/ideal for walking.
Can you zoom into that same location on your LifeMap, and share that link here? (The LifeMap page updates the URL with zoom/pan data, so I’ll be able to see _exactly_ what you see without hunting around the earth)
I can play around with Graphhopper settings to try and figure things out…
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### Author:  [@kevincharlespels](https://community.citystrides.com/u/kevincharlespels)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/route-creator-not-selecting-optimal-path/22784/3 "2021-04-01T14:58:22Z")
Yeah it happened multiple times while making this route ([CityStrides](https://citystrides.com/routes/1136)), but it’s weird because I’ve just never had this problem before in any of the 10-20 routes I’ve made in the same areas. Unfortunately can’t share those because I delete the routes after I run them.
Lifemap for problematic areas: Rua Principal at the curve [Kevin Pels's Map View - CityStrides](https://citystrides.com/users/15559/map#39.55762749511862,-8.143539697864526&16.73003996229541)
Rua das Lajes & Rua da Casola & Rua do Porto da Horta [Kevin Pels's Map View - CityStrides](https://citystrides.com/users/15559/map#39.55419409962079,-8.07683164422238&16.67440675597898)
Many others
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### Author:  [@kevincharlespels](https://community.citystrides.com/u/kevincharlespels)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/route-creator-not-selecting-optimal-path/22784/4 "2021-04-02T10:52:23Z")
This seems like it was a temporary thing, it’s working fine today over the same roads! Still don’t know what the problem was yesterday.
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### Author:  [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/route-creator-not-selecting-optimal-path/22784/5 "2021-04-02T15:41:09Z")
😅 computers