The street-tested map, candidate spots, and receipt log stay free. Support first helps cover servers, data collection, source review, verification, moderation, and operations. Once operating costs are covered, we intend to direct surplus support toward welfare efforts for people who work on the road.
Free public map
Server and verification costs
No paid ranking
Simple support
Supporting never buys map ranking.
Support is not restaurant advertising. It does not buy restaurant exposure, verification bypasses, place boosts, or better ranking on the public map.
After the service can cover operating costs, our intent is to use surplus support for welfare efforts that help police, firefighters, postal workers, EMTs, delivery workers, drivers, and other field workers who make this map possible.
Support is not currently presented as a tax-deductible charitable donation. We will publish usage plainly as the program matures.
Support does not affect restaurant exposure, ranking, verification outcomes, source labels, or moderation results. Route Eats should rank by usefulness and trust signals, not by who paid.