The CTA is finally putting those fancy digital screens at some train stations to use. The CTA Tattler reports that the agency is testing for a second pilot of the arrival time program at the Chicago Brown Line station as well as the Fullerton and Polk stations. They're planning on launching an actual pilot of the program "in the near future." The CTA warned in a statement that the arrival times listed will be available intermittently and they're not to be trusted for now: more ›

Beginning Monday, you’ll be able to log onto the Web through CTA Bus Tracker to determine the location of 13 more bus routes. The system uses GPS to track the exact locations of buses. There are two views available on the site - one predicting arrival time at a particular stops, the other displaying bus locations on a map. The CTA advises that the estimated arrival time will count down, unless there is a problem: “you may see the arrival predictions remain the same number of minutes or possibly increase, rather than count down, indicating that the bus is not moving.” more ›