Chicagoist: More Bus Tracking On The Way

ktr

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:23:19 -0600

cta tattler reminds us that the program is being rolled out by garage, so the 22 and 36 will have to wait until the north park garage is equipped.

KristinaXI

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:23:44 -0600

Yeah, the last ones to be tracked will most likely be the 22, the 36, and the 8, since those routes only run in the direction opposite of that which you need to go.

Eamon

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:38:27 -0600

I've used it on the 9 and 50: it's pretty handy. Can't wait for the 22, though.

eea

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:00:07 -0600

I use it for the 60 bus. It started off great but has been a little off now & then lately... most annoying when it says there is a bus 20 mins away and then I see one pass as I'm walking to the stop! In general though this is a great move for the CTA and I hope they continue to enhance it. I use it on an iphone & have the pages for my most common stops bookmarked.

Stephen

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:05:57 -0600

I've been using the bus tracker pretty regularly on the 9 and X9 buses and have been pretty pleased with it. Usually it's accurate within a minute once the bus is less than two miles away, which I suppose is good given the unknown variables (traffic, passenger loading, etc). The mobile Web site is pretty hard to navigate through with a regular cell phone, but if you set up bookmarks in your mobile browser for your favorite intersections, it's much faster. Otherwise you have to scroll through each stop on the route, in alpha order, to find your cross street (with the Ashland buses, this means selecting one intersection from hundreds [?] of potential stops). Can't wait to see it on the 70 and 66 buses.

sasper

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:35:13 -0600

No North, Division, Chicago, or Grand bus tracking. Looks like they missed out on a large & area.

Tankboy

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:21:31 -0600

What a surprise, still no North Ave. tracker. Guess you can't really track a bus that only seems to run twice a week.