feeder route
Connects to main
A feeder route is a smaller transportation line that channels passengers or traffic into a larger main route.
Local bus lines serve as feeder routes to subway stations; regional flights feed into major hub airports.
The term appears in transit planning, aviation, and highway systems: The commuter rail acts as a feeder route to downtown.
- branchDivision or woody limb
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- connectorThing that joins others
- shuttleShort-distance transport
- localOf this area
spur · arterial · junction · transfer · commuter · rush hour · park and ride · bus · bus line · rail · light rail · network · interchange · terminus · station · passenger · transit · link
transportation hierarchy
feeder routearterial road
Major urban traffic route
interstate · expressway · main line · trunk road · motorway
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