shuttle system

Back-and-forth transit

A shuttle system is a transportation service that runs back and forth between fixed points on a regular schedule.

The term applies to buses, trains, or vans connecting airports to parking lots, hotels to tourist sites, or campuses to transit hubs: The hotel runs a free shuttle system to the convention center.

The back-and-forth motion echoes the weaving shuttle that travels repeatedly across a loom.

Related
  • transportMoving things between places
  • busLarge passenger vehicle
  • campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
  • loopCurve closing on itself
  • trainRail vehicle or instruct

connector · airport · tram · route · park and ride · commute · space · NASA · orbit · launch · weave · loom · thread · ferrying · back and forth · terminal · pickup · dropoff

Opposites
route structure

shuttle systemtaxi

Vehicle for hire

ride-hailing · Uber · Lyft · dial-a-ride · limousine service

service model

shuttle systemlimousine service

Chauffeured luxury vehicle rental

rideshare · car rental

distance and scope

shuttle systemtranscontinental rail

Railway crossing entire continent

ocean liner · international flight · expedition

Family

shuttle, system, shuttles, shuttled, shuttling, systems, systematic, systematize, systematization

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G