Quick Pitch: routeRANK finds the most ecologically friendly, cheapest and the fastest way from A to B.
Genius Idea: routeRANK can help you compare travel options by showing you your different route choices, as well as by calculating total trip time (including additional forms of transportation like car or train), price and CO2 emissions. This way you can figure out if driving to grandma's house is really cheaper or more energy efficient than grabbing a quick flight.
It's not always easy to figure out the best way to get from point A to point B. Sometimes your travel options are clear: like taking a trip from New York to San Francisco -- it just makes more sense to fly rather than drive cross-country. However, if you are taking a trip that has several route options, determining how long each option really takes isn't always as straightforward as you would think.
That flight might only be an hour long, but you'll need to add at least an hour at each airport, plus add in the cost of a rental car and fuel to get you to your destination. Maybe it does make sense to just take that five-hour drive.
routeRANK is designed to answer these types of questions. Just enter in two destinations (Europe and the United States are covered) and you can see what different travel options are available and then sort by cost, travel time or CO2 emissions.
We like that routeRANK calculates all the types of travel required to get from place to place, because this makes it much easier to judge which option is best for your budget, calendar or conscience.
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