The federal roads are managed by the Federal North-West Motor Roads Administration.
Local municipalities manage municipal roads.
The traffic intensity on interdistrict roads averages 250-350 motor vehicles per 24 hours. Private haulers and trucking companies transport over 20 million tons of cargo every year. Ten trucking companies have licence to carry out international haulage. Bus companies of the Oblast annually transfer 195 million passengers. To replenish the auto and electrical urban passenger transport in Vologda and Cherepovets the World Bank has granted a credit.