Road transport is the main form of public transport that connects the localities of the region.
At present, transportation of passengers by motor transport is carried out on a regular 328 routes, of which:145 — inner city; 51 - intra; 80 intraregional long-distance and suburban routes; 20 — inter-linking the cities of Astana, Almaty, Pavlodar, Karaganda, Taldykorgan, Kokshetau; 18 international routes linking settlements with the Russian cities: Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Rubtsovsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Novokuznetsk, Zmeinogorsk; people's Republic of China – Urumqi, Altai.
In the first 9 months of 2017 share neochvejne passenger road transportation settlements with a population of more than 100 people made up 30% of 616 settlements of the region (subject to the organization's bus service) regular transport is provided 432 (70%) are not provided 184 (30 %).
The localities of Abay, Ayagoz, Kurchum and Zharminsky districts are the least provided with regular route communication in the territorial context. At the same time, the most favorable situation with the coverage of route communication was noted in the shemonaikhinsky and borodulikhinsky districts of the region.
In order to cover localities with passenger transport and make transport services available in 9 districts of the region, subsidies are allocated for intra-district and intra-city bus services. (Ayagoz, Glubokoe, Zharma, Zaisan, Katon-Karagai, Kokpekti, Kurchum, Tarbagatai and Urdzhar areas).