diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 955144f..141b3b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
- "axum-macros",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
@@ -175,18 +174,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "axum-macros"
-version = "0.3.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cdca6a10ecad987bda04e95606ef85a5417dcaac1a78455242d72e031e2b6b62"
-dependencies = [
- "heck",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.35",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-prometheus"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8d8a171..f71f18d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ default = ["jaeger", "prometheus", "tokio-console"]
 opt-level = 0
 lto = "off"
 
+[dependencies]
+
 [dependencies.async-trait]
 version = "0.1"
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ features = ["derive"]
 
 [dependencies.axum]
 version = "0.6"
-features = ["headers", "macros"]
+features = ["headers"]
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
 version = "1"
diff --git a/src/components/mod.rs b/src/components/mod.rs
index 5b37cfa..d6447b2 100644
--- a/src/components/mod.rs
+++ b/src/components/mod.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pub mod route {
     use crate::AppState;
     use axum::{
         body::BoxBody,
-        extract::{Path, State},
+        extract::{Path, Query, State},
         http::HeaderMap,
         response::Response,
         Extension, Form,
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ pub mod route {
 
     #[async_trait]
     pub trait Create: super::crud::Create {
-        type FormX: Send + Sync + 'static;
+        type Form: Send + Sync + 'static;
+
+        type ParentUrlParams: Send + Sync + 'static;
         type UrlParams: Send + Sync + 'static;
 
         const URL: &'static str;
@@ -137,8 +139,51 @@ pub mod route {
             user: Extension<crate::models::user::User>,
             state: State<AppState>,
             headers: HeaderMap,
-            path: Path<Self::UrlParams>,
-            form: Form<Self::FormX>,
+            path: Path<(Self::ParentUrlParams, Self::UrlParams)>,
+            form: Form<Self::Form>,
         ) -> Result<Response<BoxBody>, crate::Error>;
+
+        fn with_prefix(prefix: &'static str) -> String {
+            format!("{}{}", prefix, Self::URL)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[async_trait]
+    pub trait Read: super::crud::Read {
+        type UrlParams: Send + Sync + 'static;
+        type QueryParams: Send + Sync + 'static;
+
+        const URL: &'static str;
+
+        async fn read(
+            user: Extension<crate::models::user::User>,
+            state: State<AppState>,
+            headers: HeaderMap,
+            query: Query<Self::QueryParams>,
+            path: Path<Self::UrlParams>,
+        ) -> Result<Response<BoxBody>, crate::Error>;
+
+        fn with_prefix(prefix: &'static str) -> String {
+            format!("{}{}", prefix, Self::URL)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[async_trait]
+    pub trait Delete: super::crud::Delete {
+        type ParentUrlParams: Send + Sync + 'static;
+        type UrlParams: Send + Sync + 'static;
+
+        const URL: &'static str;
+
+        async fn delete(
+            user: Extension<crate::models::user::User>,
+            state: State<AppState>,
+            headers: HeaderMap,
+            path: Path<(Self::ParentUrlParams, Self::UrlParams)>,
+        ) -> Result<Response<BoxBody>, crate::Error>;
+
+        fn with_prefix(prefix: &'static str) -> String {
+            format!("{}{}", prefix, Self::URL)
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/models/trips/todos.rs b/src/models/trips/todos.rs
index 3cfcc5a..44bfa14 100644
--- a/src/models/trips/todos.rs
+++ b/src/models/trips/todos.rs
@@ -567,18 +567,19 @@ pub struct TripTodoNew {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl route::Create for Todo {
-    type FormX = TripTodoNew;
-    type UrlParams = (Uuid,);
+    type Form = TripTodoNew;
+    type ParentUrlParams = (Uuid,);
+    type UrlParams = ();
 
-    const URL: &'static str = "/:id/todo/new";
+    const URL: &'static str = "/new";
 
     #[tracing::instrument]
     async fn create(
         Extension(current_user): Extension<crate::models::user::User>,
         axum::extract::State(state): axum::extract::State<AppState>,
         headers: HeaderMap,
-        Path((trip_id,)): Path<(Uuid,)>,
-        Form(form): Form<TripTodoNew>,
+        Path(((trip_id,), ())): Path<(Self::ParentUrlParams, Self::UrlParams)>,
+        Form(form): Form<Self::Form>,
     ) -> Result<Response<BoxBody>, crate::Error> {
         let ctx = Context::build(current_user);
         // method output is not required as we reload the whole trip todos anyway
@@ -614,6 +615,53 @@ impl route::Create for Todo {
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl route::Delete for Todo {
+    type ParentUrlParams = (Uuid,);
+    type UrlParams = (Uuid,);
+
+    const URL: &'static str = "/:id/delete";
+
+    #[tracing::instrument]
+    async fn delete(
+        Extension(current_user): Extension<crate::models::user::User>,
+        axum::extract::State(state): axum::extract::State<AppState>,
+        _headers: HeaderMap,
+        Path(((trip_id,), (todo_id,))): Path<(Self::ParentUrlParams, Self::UrlParams)>,
+    ) -> Result<Response<BoxBody>, crate::Error> {
+        let ctx = Context::build(current_user);
+        let deleted = <Self as crud::Delete>::delete(
+            &ctx,
+            &state.database_pool,
+            &TodoFilter { trip_id },
+            todo_id,
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        if !deleted {
+            return Err(crate::Error::Request(RequestError::NotFound {
+                message: format!("todo with id {todo_id} not found"),
+            }));
+        }
+
+        let trip = crate::models::trips::Trip::find(&ctx, &state.database_pool, trip_id).await?;
+        match trip {
+            None => Err(crate::Error::Request(RequestError::NotFound {
+                message: format!("trip with id {trip_id} not found"),
+            })),
+            Some(mut trip) => {
+                trip.load_todos(&ctx, &state.database_pool).await?;
+                Ok(TodoList {
+                    trip: &trip,
+                    todos: &trip.todos(),
+                }
+                .build(None)
+                .into_response())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct NewTodo;
 
 impl NewTodo {
diff --git a/src/routing/mod.rs b/src/routing/mod.rs
index e4392f5..c9b0517 100644
--- a/src/routing/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routing/mod.rs
@@ -152,10 +152,17 @@ pub fn router(state: AppState) -> Router {
                         .route("/:id/todo/:id/edit/save", post(trip_todo_edit_save))
                         .route("/:id/todo/:id/edit/cancel", post(trip_todo_edit_cancel))
                         .route(
-                            "/:id/todo/new",
+                            &<crate::models::trips::todos::Todo as route::Create>::with_prefix(
+                                "/:id/todo",
+                            ),
                             post(<crate::models::trips::todos::Todo as route::Create>::create),
                         )
-                        .route("/:id/todo/:id/delete", post(trip_todo_delete)),
+                        .route(
+                            &<crate::models::trips::todos::Todo as route::Delete>::with_prefix(
+                                "/:id/todo",
+                            ),
+                            post(<crate::models::trips::todos::Todo as route::Delete>::delete),
+                        ),
                 )
                 .nest(
                     (&TopLevelPage::Inventory.path()).into(),
diff --git a/src/routing/routes.rs b/src/routing/routes.rs
index 8fc7c41..216bb43 100644
--- a/src/routing/routes.rs
+++ b/src/routing/routes.rs
@@ -1479,42 +1479,3 @@ pub async fn trip_todo_edit_cancel(
             .into_response()),
     }
 }
-
-#[tracing::instrument]
-pub async fn trip_todo_delete(
-    Extension(current_user): Extension<models::user::User>,
-    State(state): State<AppState>,
-    headers: HeaderMap,
-    Path((trip_id, todo_id)): Path<(Uuid, Uuid)>,
-) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, Error> {
-    let ctx = Context::build(current_user);
-    let deleted = models::trips::todos::Todo::delete(
-        &ctx,
-        &state.database_pool,
-        &TodoFilter { trip_id },
-        todo_id,
-    )
-    .await?;
-
-    if !deleted {
-        return Err(Error::Request(RequestError::NotFound {
-            message: format!("todo with id {todo_id} not found"),
-        }));
-    }
-
-    let trip = models::trips::Trip::find(&ctx, &state.database_pool, trip_id).await?;
-    match trip {
-        None => Err(Error::Request(RequestError::NotFound {
-            message: format!("trip with id {trip_id} not found"),
-        })),
-        Some(mut trip) => {
-            trip.load_todos(&ctx, &state.database_pool).await?;
-            Ok(models::trips::todos::TodoList {
-                trip: &trip,
-                todos: &trip.todos(),
-            }
-            .build(None)
-            .into_response())
-        }
-    }
-}