Send routes to drivers
Review the optimized routes, dispatch them to the driver app in one click, and know how to change course after they're out.
Optimized routes are still private to the office — drivers see nothing until you send. That's deliberate: review first, dispatch when it's right.
Review before sending
On the plan's Routes tab, walk each driver's route: stop order, ETAs, total duration, and anything the optimizer flagged. Use Focus on route to isolate one driver's line on the map. This is the moment to catch the odd stop order or an overloaded driver — changes are frictionless while nothing is dispatched.
Dispatch
Press Send routes to drivers
A confirmation asks once ("Routes will become visible to all assigned drivers"), then every included route appears in each driver's app — immediately.
Confirm the plan status
The plan flips from Dispatched (routes built) to Approved — routes are now visible to drivers, with all notes and instructions attached.
Changing things after dispatch
Real days change. Three tools, in escalating order:
- Edit and re-send. Add, move, or edit stops in the sent plan — the plan status flips to Has Changes to remind you the drivers' copy is stale. Re-run Assign drivers & optimize to rebuild the routes (statuses drivers already set are kept), then press send again; drivers' route lists refresh in the app.
- Revoke from Drivers. Pulls the routes out of the driver app entirely — use it when the day needs a rebuild and you don't want anyone driving the old version meanwhile.
- Reassign mid-shift. A driver called in sick? Move their remaining stops to another driver and re-send — see the mid-day part of A typical morning.
Giving routes to people outside the app
Each route can also leave Routerra: the export action on a route card downloads it as PDF, XLSX, or CSV. Useful for a temp driver without a seat, a customer who wants the manifest, or paper backup for a clipboard person.