Optimizing route planning for FedEx drivers: Straightaway

#1 route planner app for delivery drivers

by Peter Sirota

FedEx drivers save hours every day making home deliveries using Straightaway. Drivers just scan their daily FedEx manifest with the phone’s camera, then the app organizes the route — avoiding traffic and saving fuel — computing the best sequence for all delivery stops. Straightaway optimization algorithms save more than an hour on a typical route — with full turn-by-turn directions to each stop. The app is free on iPhone, iPad, and Android.

“I know my route very well, so I didn’t think I would benefit from a driving route planner, to be honest. I’ll never forget the first day I tried out his new route planner app. I finished my route two hours faster than usual and I went home to play with my daughter. It was the greatest feeling. Now I use Straightaway every day. Over the last six months I’ve saved over 140 hours of driving.”

— Lance W. (Portland, OR)

AddressDetect™

The analysis and route optimizations take just seconds. Using Straightaway’s AddressDetect™, drivers no longer need to manually type every address from the printed manifest listing all stops. Instead, drivers simply take a picture of the manifest using the phone’s camera and the app scans all delivery addresses instantly with 99%+ accuracy, calculating the fastest driving route in seconds.

The app now offers unlimited routes with up to 500 stops each, and live traffic as a free seven-day trial. And fleet operators can get larger discounts, just email info@getstraightaway.com.

Avoid Traffic and RouteAware™

Live traffic receives more than 100,000 location updates per second, and uses data to continuously detect unexpected traffic and slow-downs.

“Drivers need advanced features like real-time traffic-aware routing, time windows, vehicle packing, and turn-by-turn navigation.”

— Zach Blank, Straightaway CEO/Founder

The algorithms powering RouteAware™ let Straightaway provide real-time and predictive traffic patterns drawn from a globally distributed user-base of more than 500 million MAUs processing over 300 million miles of road data per day.

The map updates at a five-minute granularity for 2.3 billion road segments around the world. The breadth of this data pipeline offers more detailed traffic coverage on more streets. RouteAware™ runs 4 million operations per second — allowing the app to optimize any route in less than five seconds.

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Maps feature data from Mapbox and OpenStreetMap and their data partners.