As people have an inherent ability to navigate, assistance is only required to accurate the minor error in judgment of distance and direction (29 degrees) most minimally and efficiently. Hence, at any point, the information known by the user (full/part of the route, landmark, or even minor turn) should be given higher priority over the computed information.

Consequently, at every stage of a commute (before starting, while traveling and at the end) any parameter (knowledge of the route, mode of commute, landmarks on the way, intended destination, where to go next) affects routing differently and specifically. Hence the first principle, Any change in intent or knowledge by the user (about any part of the travel) at any point of the travel should be accommodated by the platform while routing.

The optimisation of routes seems to apply in three levels; 1–the quantifiable parameters (time, distance, direction). 2–the characteristics of the place (road-highway, residential). 3–potentially could be intent, work, chores (wife calling soon after office to get something), mood, etc. The second principle, Optimisation of the route at all levels – (1) the existing platform aided route (carrying quantitative information), (2) the physical road connectivity and characteristics and, (3) users’ needs’, should be given equal importance.

With the subjectivity with context and intent, time is the governing factor to crosscheck the feasibility of the instructions by the user and by the platform. The third principle, All decisions made by the platform (picking a busy route during office hours) or the user (going to Chickpet, Bangalore during rush hours) should be conforming to availability and suitability of time.

In today’s practice, the engagement of the user to the information provided by the platform doesn’t initiate nor supplement the experience ’off’ the platform. Fourth principle, The platform should not hinder or restrict the engagement of the user to the travel/journey.

Being confident about the two places the user has to travel between (start-end point, sub-point, etc.), a user, only when unable to achieve that (travel) themselves would depend on instructions by aid to help them achieve it. And the most important information (like, traffic will resolve in 20 min, there’s a grocery shop nearby) out of the provided information by the platform (traffic, intersections, halt time) is the one which helps the identified context (stuck in unmoving traffic). Finally, on having a lack of references, self-known and by the platform, we do depend upon the people around. A route can be formulated on tracing the location of these people-to-people interactions and guidance, leading up to the intended destination Finally, the fifth principle, A travel/journey should be approached as a set of sub-journeys, which begins and end with landmarks that act as – resemblance, place of interest or aid for the travel.