About CTA

After years of ineffective and uncoordinated transit service in Cape Girardeau County, the Cape Girardeau County Commission, on June 15, 2000, unanimously agreed to pass Resolution 00-06, effectively authorizing the formation of the Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority (CGCTA).   The County Commission, which acted pursuant to Missouri Revised Statue 238.400,   which states, "Any county of the first class may, by ordinance or order of the county governing body, establish a county transit authority."

The primary reason the County Commission initiated a transit system was to increase county residents' access to health care, social services, and general life needs.   The Transit Authority was also established to assist in coordinating and expanding the existing transportation services and to assist with pursuing additional State and Federal funds.   Prior to the formation of the Transit Authority, countywide transit had long been a problem issue for the residents of Cape Girardeau County.

      The CGCTA is governed by a Board of Directors, known as the Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority Board.   The County Commission appoints five county residents to be on the Transit Authority Board.   For approximately two years the CGCTA was merely a Board in function alone, with no employees or vehicles.   In 2000, the decision was made to merge the CGCTA with the Cape County Transit, Inc. effectively creating the beginnings of a full fledged countywide transit system.

The Cape County Transit, Inc. had been providing quality transit services to the citizens of Cape Girardeau County for over ten years prior to the merger.   Not only did the Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority gain tangible items from the Cape County Transit, Inc, such as vehicles and equipment, but it gained the credibility and respected service of its employees.

In 2006, the County Transit Authority purchased Kelley Transportation, Inc. from Terrence and Kim Kelley.   The move effectively enables the Transit Authority to create a seamlessly coordinated countywide transit system.

      The CGCTA provides general public transportation for the citizens of Cape County.   Funding Streams for the CGCTA vary; however, our primary contributors are the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT), SEMO Area Agency on Aging (AAA), the Cape Girardeau County Commission, the Cape Girardeau County Senior Citizen Service Fund, the City of Cape Girardeau, and the City of Jackson.

 Mission Statement

    The Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority was established to provide safe, reliable, efficient and cost-effective transit services to all residents and visitors of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.   Our services are designed to assist the general public in meeting their physical, social and psychological needs, and to promote their health, security, happiness and   usefulness in longer living.

Types of Service

Demand Response Vehicles