Chicago’s CTA plans a $24 million expansion of its GPS “Bus Tracker” system to cover all 154 bus routes by spring 2009 according to the Chicago Tribune. The CTA’s Bus Tracker website currently provides real time information for riders on the pilot GPS #20 Madison route, which started in 2006, but in a couple weeks (by April 7th) this will expand to a total of 14 routes (see below) according to NPR. When completed the Bus Tracker expansion will make the CTA the largest American transit bus fleet offering the GPS tracking technology. The CTA plans to expand GPS tracking to its train line next.
Tracking information is available online and is or will be displayed at digital signs at key bus stations. Blackberry users must have version 4.1 or higher to use Bus Tracker, which can also be viewed on web enabled cell phones and PDAs with browsers, such as Internet Explorer, that support html.
CTA Buses With GPS Tracking
• #20 – Madison
On April 7:
• #35 – 35th
• #39 – Pershing
• #43 – 43rd
• #49 – Western
• # X49 – Western Express
• #54B – South Cicero
• #55A – 55th/Austin
• #55N – 55th/Narrangansett
• #62 – Archer
• #62H – Archer/Harlem
• #63W – West 63rd
• #94 – South California
• #165 – West 65th
For More Information…
- CTA Press Release on the Bus Tracker Expansion – March 24, 2008
- Chicagobus.org has more information on the GPS implementation
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