Independent · Vendor-neutral 16 October 2026
Independent guides, buyer's checklists and operational playbooks on route and fleet management software for delivery, service and distribution firms.
The problem, and the answer
Every vendor quotes cost per mile.
Almost none show you the formula.
We show ours. Every figure on this site arrives with its formula and its assumptions attached, and with the cases it does not suit.
Why car-grade routing fails heavy vehicles: federal weight and width limits, state height limits, the bridge formula, and hazmat routing rules — and what to test in a routing engine.
Who needs an IFTA license, the quarterly deadlines, and the distance and fuel records an audit expects — including the 10-minute GPS rule that decides whether your tracking data counts.
Intelligent speed assistance, drowsiness and distraction warnings, event data recorders and direct vision for trucks: what Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 requires, from when, and how it overlaps telematics.
Cost per mile means four different things depending on who is talking. Every figure on this site comes with the formula and the assumptions attached, because a benchmark you cannot reproduce is decoration.
Two operations with the same vehicle count can need opposite systems. We describe capabilities and trade-offs and let you match them to your constraints; a ranked list that ignores your constraints is entertainment.
Compliance articles cite the instrument itself — the CFR part, the EU regulation, the agency guidance — so you can read the current text. Rules are amended more often than summaries of them are.
The site is funded by display advertising, labeled and kept away from the writing. No vendor has ever paid for coverage here, and there is no affiliate link on the site.
How to measure idle time from telematics, turn it into a cost per vehicle, separate necessary idling from waste, and build a reduction plan drivers accept.
Why routing engines tuned for dense cities misjudge rural territories, and how to plan low-density routes around drive time, visit frequency and road reality.
What routing and fleet software must handle for pharmacy and medical courier work — temperature control, chain of custody, urgent jobs and the good distribution practice requirements behind them.
How urban low emission zones affect delivery and service fleets, the vehicle data you need to keep, and how to build zone rules into routing and replacement plans.
How to design fleet geofences that produce useful events rather than noise — zone shapes, dwell rules, alert routing and the privacy limits on tracking drivers.
A structured requirements list covering planning, execution, mobile, integration, reporting and commercial terms — with weighting guidance so you score what.
How to structure fleet work orders so that cost, cause and downtime are captured accurately — status models, labor recording.
Dynamic scheduling, telemetry-driven restocking, cashless payment reconciliation and asset management for vending operations.
How to choose a telematics system — device types, data depth, contract traps, integration requirements and what actually changes once it is installed.
How to run vendor demonstrations on your terms — a scripted scenario approach that reveals what a standard demo is designed to hide.
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Route & Fleet is an informational reference, written and edited by one person. The analytical work — cost per mile, cost to serve, total cost of ownership, payback models, how software pricing structures behave at your volumes — comes from a background in business administration and finance. The operational and regulatory material is compiled from primary documentation and cited so you can read the source instead of taking a summary on trust.
What it is not: consultancy, professional advice for your situation, or an account of running a fleet first-hand. Where a decision turns on your own circumstances — a contract term, a compliance obligation, a tax treatment — check the primary source and take qualified advice. Articles here say so rather than pretending otherwise. Read the editorial policy and the advertising disclosure.
Nil Masferrer Jiménez · Editor
