Transportation in Halifax

Halifax keeps it simple: the bus network is your day-to-day workhorse, with frequent service across the peninsula and into Dartmouth. Most visitors ride the #1 and #7 corridors that link the universities, downtown, and the ferry terminal. A rechargeable reloadable card from any grocery store or the downtown customer centre spares you the exact-change scramble and works on both buses and the harbour ferries. Skip the single-day paper passes unless you're bouncing between the waterfront and the north-end breweries all afternoon, they're rarely the better deal. Getting in from the airport, the MetroX bus (route 320) is the cheap option, running direct to downtown in about 40 minutes and dropping you beside the main transit terminal. If you're landing late or hauling ski bags, the airport taxi queue is the splurge, still metered. But agree the route via the bridge or the tunnel before you roll. Drivers willon the scenic detour unless you speak up. Rideshares exist. Yet the regulated cab is usually faster at the curb and only a fraction more once increase pricing kicks in.