cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message coast transit authority slogan moving in the right direction founded 1974 headquarters 333 debuys road locale gulfport mississippi service area jackson county mississippi harrison county mississippi hancock county mississippi service type bus service paratransit routes 10 website 1 the coast transit authority is the primary provider of mass transportation in the gulfport biloxi metropolitan area . service was founded in 1974 after the mississippi state legislature passed a bill authorizing the creation of public transit for the region ; the area s previous private bus operator municipal transit lines had been devastated by hurricane camille and the area was left with no public transportation for a 3 year period after the disaster . originally known as the mississippi coast transit authority the agency changed its name to coast area transit in 1985 before arriving on its current moniker in 1992 . the agency operates nine regular routes over a three county area . five park & ride lots are operated by the bureau to increase commuter ridership . the most travelled of these routes the beachcomber uses replica trolleys instead of standard buses . in addition the casino hopper shuttle connects gambling facilities on the biloxi waterfront . routes edit 4 d iberville st martin 7 ocean springs 24 kessler express 26 navy base 31 biloxi 34 pass rd 37 22nd ave 38 gulfport beachcomber casino hopper references edit cta this article related to bus transportation in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about transportation in mississippi is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title coast transit authority & oldid 596817418 categories bus transportation in mississippiunited states bus transportation stubsmississippi transportation stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from september 2013all articles lacking sourcesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 february 2014 at 20 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view