Private company

Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority

Public transportation operator in Texas, US

The Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority is the operator of public transportation in Nueces County, Texas. Twenty-eight local routes are offered, plus Six peak hour express offerings. A seasonal express route is also provided to Padre Island beaches and two year-round shuttles in Downtown Corpus Christi in Port Aransas.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1
Corpus Christi RTA 91
Photo: Terry Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority is the operator of public transportation in Nueces County, Texas. Twenty-eight local routes are offered, plus Six peak hour express offerings. A seasonal express route is also provided to Padre Island beaches and two year-round shuttles in Downtown Corpus Christi in Port Aransas. These shuttles use buses designed to look like trolleys and the #94 Port Aransas travels along the beach for some of its journey. The CCRTA also operates 4 routes out of Robstown Station, as well as 3 (temporarily 2) routes in Gregory, Texas.2

Timeline

  1. 1985Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$196.8M 2009–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsTotal
2026$49.3M$49.3M
2025$14.4M$14.4M
2024$1.3M$1.3M
2023$16.1M$16.1M
2022$10.9M$10.9M
2021$17.8M$17.8M
2020$23.2M$23.2M
2019$2.9M$2.9M
2018$3.2M$3.2M
2017$13.7M$13.7M
2016$2.5M$2.5M
2015$184.0K$184.0K
2014$13.3M$13.3M
2013$1.2M$1.2M
2012$10.5M$10.5M
2011$5.0M$5.0M
2010$374.2K$374.2K
2009$11.1M$11.1M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2009–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Sep 4, 2026$46.3M from Federal Transit Administration: Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs5 To CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award TX-2026-126
  2. Jun 14, 2022$17.6M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants6 To CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award TX-2022-032
  3. Jun 22, 2020$16.4M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants7 To CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award TX-2020-098
  4. Aug 15, 2014$12.3M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit_Formula Grants8 To CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award TX-90-Y059-00
  5. Aug 19, 2021$11.1M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants; Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs9 To CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award TX-2021-066
  6. $10.4M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants10 To CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award TX-2017-034
  7. Aug 13, 2012$9.7M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit_Formula Grants11 To CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award TX-90-X978-00
  8. Jun 4, 2019$8.5M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants; Bus And Bus Facilities Formula Program; Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs12 To CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award TX-2019-052