## Customizing distance_influence
The `distance_influence` property allows you to control the trade-off between a fast route (minimum time) and a short route
(minimum distance). The larger `distance_influence` is the more GraphHopper will prioritize routes with a small
total distance. More precisely, the `distance_influence` is the time you need to save on a detour (a longer distance
route option) such that you prefer taking the detour compared to a shorter route. Please note that this value is a number, not a string.
A value of `100` means that one extra kilometer of detour must save you `100s` of travelling time or else you are not
willing to take the detour. Or to put it another way, if a reference route takes `600s` and is `10km` long,
`distance_influence=100` means that you are willing to take an alternative route that is `11km` long only if
it takes no longer than `500s` (saves `100s`). Things get a bit more complicated when `priority` is not `1`, but the
effect stays the same: The larger `distance_influence` is, the more GraphHopper will focus on finding short routes.