People can budget travel by bus and take advantage of convenient public transportation in Dalian. There are hundreds of bus lines in Dalian, including three tramcar lines. The earliest buses start around 4:00-4:30am, and the latest end around 10:00-11:50pm. Normally, you can get on a bus after waiting 3-8 minutes.

Dalian’s bus system adopts a self-service ticketing method, and the price is 1 yuan ($0.16). Passengers should insert coins in the slot on their own initiative without expecting change. Minibuses are usually small and medium-sized vans. Passengers can get off at the stop near their destinations, and the price of such a ticket is 2 yuan.

Buses No 1-99 are autobuses. Those starting with the number "1" are trolleybuses, number "2" are tramcars, number "4" are autobuses operated by joint ventures, number "5" are minibuses, number "6" are autobuses to newly-built suburban residence communities, and number “7” are autobuses operated by affiliated companies.

The construction and opening of rapid railway from Xianglujiao to Kaifaqu and Golden Pebble Beach makes the public transportation of the northern part more convenient.