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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.4

                          VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION

                 SHARES OF SERIES I CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

  OFFERED PURSUANT TO RIGHTS DISTRIBUTED TO STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD OF VELOCITY
                               EXPRESS CORPORATION

                               SEPTEMBER __, 2003

To Securities Dealers, Commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

        This letter is being distributed to securities dealers, commercial
banks, trust companies and other nominees in connection with the rights offering
(the "Rights Offering") by Velocity Express Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company") of subscription rights ("Rights") distributed to all of the
Company's holders of record ("Record Holders") to subscribe for and purchase
shares of its Series I Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.004 per share
("Series I Preferred"). The Rights are described in detail in the Company's
Prospectus dated September __, 2003 (the "Prospectus") which is attached.

        In the Rights Offering, the Company is offering an aggregate of up to
8,409,091 shares of its Series I Preferred (the "Underlying Shares"), as
described in the Prospectus.

        The Rights will expire, if not exercised, at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on __________, 2003, unless extended in the sole discretion of the Company
(as it may be extended, the "Expiration Date").

        As described in the accompanying Prospectus, holders or beneficial
holders of our Common Stock will receive 0.297952777 Right for every share of
Common Stock held on the Record Date. Each Right will entitle the beneficial
owner of shares of Common Stock registered in your name or the name of your
nominee to subscribe for one share of the Series I Preferred (the "Basic
Subscription Right") at a subscription price of $2.20 per share (the
"Subscription Price").

        In addition, each holder or beneficial holder of Rights who exercises
their Basic Subscription Right in full will be eligible to subscribe (the
"Over-Subscription Right") at the Subscription Price for shares of Series I
Preferred that are not otherwise purchased pursuant to the exercise of Rights
under the Basic Subscription Right (the "Excess Shares"), subject to
availability and pro ration as described below. Each holder or beneficial holder
of Rights may only exercise their Over-Subscription Right if he/she exercised
his/her Basic Subscription Right in full and other holders of Subscription
Rights do not exercise their Basic Subscription Rights in full. If there are not
enough Excess Shares to satisfy all subscriptions made under the
Over-Subscription Right, the Company will allocate the remaining Excess Shares
pro rata, after eliminating all fractional shares, among those Rights holders
who exercised their Over-

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Subscription Rights. "Pro rata" means in proportion to the amount of
over-subscription price tendered by each person seeking to exercise their
Over-Subscription Right as of the expiration date of the Rights Offering. If
there is a pro rata allocation of the remaining Excess Shares and a holder or
beneficial holder of Rights receives an allocation of a greater number of Excess
Shares than he/she subscribed for under their Over-Subscription Right, then the
Company will allocate to them only the number of Excess Shares for which they
subscribed. The Company will allocate the remaining Excess Shares among all
other holders exercising their Over-Subscription Rights. See "The Rights
Offering --Subscription Rights" in the Prospectus.

        The Rights will be evidenced by nontransferable Rights certificates (the
"Subscription Rights Certificates") registered in your name or the name of your
nominee and will be null and void and cease to have value at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Expiration Date.

        We are asking persons who hold shares of Common Stock beneficially and
who have received the Rights distributable with respect to those shares through
a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, as well as
persons who hold certificates of the Company's capital stock directly and prefer
to have such institutions effect transactions relating to the Rights on their
behalf, to contact the appropriate institution or nominee and request it to
effect the transactions for them.

        If you exercise the Over-Subscription Right on behalf of beneficial
owners of the Rights, you will be required to certify to the Subscription Agent
and the Company, in connection with the exercise of the Over-Subscription Right,
as to the aggregate number of Rights that have been exercised pursuant to the
Basic Subscription Right, whether the Basic Subscription Right of each
beneficial owner of Rights on whose behalf you are acting has been exercised in
full, and the number of shares of Series I Preferred being subscribed for
pursuant to the Over-Subscription Right by each beneficial owner of Rights on
whose behalf you are acting.

        All commissions, fees and other expenses (including brokerage
commissions and transfer taxes), other than fees and expenses of the
Subscription Agent, incurred in connection with the exercise of the Rights will
be for the account of the holder of the Rights, and none of such commissions,
fees or expenses will be paid by the Company or the Subscription Agent.

        Enclosed are copies of the following documents:

                1.      Prospectus;

                2.      Instructions for Use of Velocity Express Subscription
                        Rights Certificates;

                3.      A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for
                        whose accounts you hold shares of Common Stock
                        registered in your name or the name of your nominee,
                        with an attached form of instruction;

                4.      Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for Subscription Rights
                        Certificates Issued by Velocity Express Corporation;

                5.      Nominee Holder Certification; and

                6.      A return envelope addressed to American Stock Transfer &
                        Trust Company, the Subscription Agent.

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        Your prompt action is requested. To exercise Rights, you should deliver
the properly completed and signed Subscription Rights Certificate (or the Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery if you are following the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures),
with payment of the Subscription Price in full for each share of Series I
Preferred subscribed for, to the Subscription Agent, as indicated in the
Prospectus. The Subscription Agent must receive the Subscription Rights
Certificate or Notice of Guaranteed Delivery with payment of the Subscription
Price, including final clearance of any checks, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Expiration Date.

        A RIGHTS HOLDER CANNOT REVOKE THE EXERCISE OF ITS RIGHTS. RIGHTS NOT
EXERCISED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE WILL EXPIRE.

        Additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained from the
Company by calling (612) 492-2400.


                                        Very truly yours,


                                        VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION

NOTHING IN THIS LETTER OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL RENDER YOU OR ANY
PERSON AS AN AGENT OF VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION, THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT OR
ANY OTHER PERSON MAKING OR DEEMED TO BE MAKING OFFERS OF THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON VALID EXERCISE OF THE RIGHTS, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO MAKE
ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFERING EXCEPT FOR
STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS.

