Editing Spoke–hub distribution paradigm (section)

==Transportation==
The spoke–hub model is applicable to other forms of transportation as well:
*[[Ship transport|Sea transport]] in which [[feeder ship]]s transport shipping containers from different ports to a central container terminal to be loaded onto larger vessels.
*[[Cargo airline]]s: most [[UPS Airlines]] flights travel through its [[Louisville International Airport#Worldport|Worldport]] at [[Louisville International Airport]], and many [[FedEx Express]] parcels are processed at its "SuperHub" at [[Memphis International Airport]].
*[[Freight rail transport]] in which cargo is hauled to a central exchange terminal. At the terminal, shipping containers are loaded from one freight car to another, and [[classification yard]]s (marshalling yards) are used to sort freight cars into trains and divide them according to varying destinations. [[Intermodal freight]] is often loaded from one mode to another at central hubs.
*[[Public transport|Public transit]] uses various [[transport hub]]s to allow passengers to transfer between different lines or transportation modes. Often those hubs are [[intermodal passenger transport|intermodal]] linking buses, trams, local trains, subways and so on.

For passenger [[road transport]], the spoke–hub model does not apply because drivers generally take the shortest or fastest route between two points. However, the road network as a whole likewise contains higher order roads like [[limited access highways]] and more local roads with most trips starting and ending at the latter but spending most of the distance on the former.