With an eye on the forecast, many Maritimers weren’t feeling overly adventurous with Monday’s impending blizzard.

Cancellations at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport began early. Travellers Theresa Dorey and Ann Cunningham arrived about 12 hours early for an evening flight to South Africa.

“We're mostly concerned today because we had family bring us in,” said Ann Cunningham. “We wanted to get in here and the family get back home again before the storm really gets roaring.”

Richard Gaulton arrived from Ottawa just in time to see his connection to Newfoundland cancelled.

“Went to a hockey game and had a flight out this morning, and well, was trying to get home, but now, weather-delayed, so,” said Gaulton.

With a fleet of 340 busses making an average of 100,000 passenger trips a day, Halifax Transit is one of the biggest players in the transportation business in the area. But officials say cancelling service is rarely done before a big storm. 

“Transit staff will be monitoring the conditions, road conditions to determine whether we have to take a pause in service or whether it just means that some of our routes will go on their posted snow plans," said Tiffany Chase, spokesperson for the Halifax Regional Municipality.  

That means some roads and hills that tend to get hazardous will be avoided until they're safe to travel. The city is urging riders to check its website or Twitter feed for updates.

The regional bus company had cancelled two runs back and forth from Moncton by early afternoon.

With files from CTV Atlantic’s Bruce Frisko.