CTA Expanding Bustracker Service

By Marcus Gilmer in News on May 12, 2009 4:00PM

We admit it: the CTA has done something right recently with the advent of Bustracker, a service that keeps getting better. In the latest update, besides adding 20 stops, starting Monday, riders will have a new email/text alert option. Per the CTA press release: "Beginning Monday, May 18, CTA customers can sign up to receive customized scheduled e-mails that will provide estimated times for the next buses arriving at a customer’s preferred bus stop(s). Information can be sent to both a customer’s e-mail address and mobile device as a text message." Check out more information, as well as the new list of buses added to the Bustracker system, here. According to the CTA, only four routes are not included in the Bustracker: the #19 United Center Express, #X98 Avon Express, #128 Soldier Field Express and #154 Wrigley Field Express.