Transportation in Chittagong

Chittagong moves on three wheels and four: auto-rickshaws swarm every corner for cheap hops, ride-hailing apps like Uber and Pathao give you metered certainty, and the green CNG scooters are a fraction of a taxi when you're solo. For longer stretches, local buses rattle along the main arteries, crowded but rock-bottom cheap, while hotel cars or the ride apps' premium tiers are the splurge when luggage or heat exhaustion wins. First-timers: skip the random rickshaw wallahs who quote "special tourist price" outside stations. Open the app, pin the destination, and let the algorithm fight the fare battle for you. Traffic clogs hardest around the port and New Market after 4 p.m.; if you must cross the city then, the coastal Marine Drive route is usually the least painful. From Shah Amanat International, the prepaid taxi booth inside the terminal is the only place with fixed, non-negotiable rates, accept no substitutes curbside. If you're traveling light and it's daylight, the ride-hail pickup zone just outside the gate is often half the price and still air-conditioned.