Transportation in Halifax, Nova Scotia

As of 2021, Halifax Regional Municipality has an extensive network of cycling lanes, multi-use paths, and sidewalks.

The main modes of public transportation are transit buses as well as ferries that operate on Halifax Harbour between Dartmouth-and-Halifax.

Most rural parts of Halifax Regional Municipality do not have public transit access, specifically the eastern, northern, and western areas.

[20] There have been proposed high-speed ferry routes to Larry Uteck, Mill Cove, and Shannon Park.

The study concluded that as of 2015, commuter-rail within Halifax Regional Municipality was not economically viable at that moment, but it was feasible.

[25] Three important branch rail lines operated by CN were abandoned in the Halifax Regional Municipality in recent decades.

[citation needed] Historically, the Halifax Peninsula had an extensive streetcar transit system dating to the late 1800s.

The train runs three days per week, and takes approximately 22 hours to travel 1,346 km (836 mi).

Halifax Regional Municipality is the eastern terminus of the Canadian National Railway (CN).

Along with the municipality's natural geography-and-its road design, bottleneck points have emerged that cause delays.