The entire district is extensively covered by the operation of buses, of private and public sectors, The district is credited with an efficient system of passenger and goods traffic by road. The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation has a bus station and a garage a Mavoor Road in Kozhikode city and an operating centre at Thamarasseri. The number of bus schedules of the K.S.R.T.C. depot at Kozhikode and operating centre at Thamarassery are 100 and the  total route length is 38,791kms.

A regional workshop of  KSRTC started functioning at East Nadakkavu on 22nd October 1979.

In the private sector, the growth of bus transport has been remarkable. The total number of vehicles registered in the district is 77,447. There are 7,068 goods vehicles, 2,348 taxi cars, 23,413 private cars, 37,279 two wheelers, 7,684 autorickshaws and 1,530 buses.