Fleet Management with Traffic-Aware and Vehicle-Specific Routing

What this means for distribution businesses

A 7.5-tonne delivery truck should not be routed down a residential street with a 3-tonne weight limit. Vehicle-specific routing applies height, weight, and width restrictions automatically based on your fleet profile. A courier operating e-cargo bikes alongside vans gets cycle-lane routing for bikes and main-road routing for vans. Grocery distributors running refrigerated trucks through city centres during rush hour benefit from live traffic data that adjusts ETAs and sequences in real time. For building materials operators with oversized loads, the routing engine avoids low bridges, narrow lanes, and roads with turning restrictions that would strand a flatbed.

What this means for field service businesses

An HVAC engineer in a Transit van needs different routing than a meter reader in a Corsa. Vehicle-specific routing assigns appropriate roads based on vehicle dimensions and speed profiles. Telecoms engineers driving cherry-picker trucks need routes that avoid low bridges and narrow residential streets. Pest control technicians in small cars can take shortcuts through residential areas that would be impossible for a large service van. For solar installation teams towing equipment trailers, the routing engine accounts for reduced speed and turning radius when selecting roads. Live traffic data means afternoon routes adjust automatically when school-run congestion hits.

How it works

• Define vehicle profiles with height, weight, width, and speed characteristics
• The routing engine selects roads appropriate for each vehicle type
• Real-time traffic data adjusts ETAs and route sequences throughout the day
• Historical traffic patterns inform planning-time route suggestions
• Vehicle restrictions (low bridges, weight limits, width gates) are avoided automatically