Online Bus Tracker Chicago website ctabustracker.com

Within the City of Chicago, Illinois CTA is the operator of mass transit and some of the suburbs. Www.ctabustracker.com is the official website of CTA Bus Tracker, which gives you information of bus time, bus map, and many more. Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is one of the second largest transit system in the United States and fourth largest in North America. Here is mentioned detailed information regarding CTA Bus Tracker and Online Bus Tracker Chicago from www.ctabustracker.com.

GPS devices are used by the CTA Bus tracker to report bus location data back to their servers. CTA Bus tracker shows you where buses are on a map and estimate when they will arrive at your stop. The website provides you safe, secure, and convenient way of tracking. You can track the bus at anytime and anywhere by online Bus Tracker.

How to track at www.ctabustracker.com?

You can track the bus via bus times, bus map, text messages, or receive e-mails and text messages. When you open the website at www.ctabustracker.com, you will get the above options.

If you click on bus times, then you will get the new page. On this page, you will have to select route, direction, and stop. After selecting this information, you will direct get the route/destination and estimated arrival time of bus. You can also get the map directly by clicking on “Map” option.

If you select bus map option, then you get the page of map in which the cities are given. On the left side of this page arrows will be given. The arrow shows you the sides of map. If you want to get the routes of buses, then click on the option of routes which is given on the right side of the page. After clicking on the option, you will obtain the routes, select the routes and click on Done for getting bus information. The options of Stops and Buses are also given. You can use this option too.

By text message: It is very easy:

• Find your stop ID
• Text ctabus [stop id] to 41411
• Receive estimated arrival times

Where to find your stop ID?

To find your stop online is very easy. There are three ways to do it:

1. Get estimated arrival times and SMS information from ctabustracker.com [link]
2. Find your bus stop ID in Google Transit directions [link]
3. Look up your stop ID in full Bus Stop lists [link]

Here example is given for how the text message you send if you were going to catch a #53 Pulaski bus at Fullerton heading south (which stops at stop ID 14624).

First send the "ctabus 14624" to 41411. After your message, you will receive message from 41411. The message like:

5:07 PM
14624) Pulaski &
Fullerton
53 to 31st Due & 11 MIN

Reply: s)ervice Bulletins
R)eferesh

The message says that, as of 5:07 PM, at stop 14624 (at Pulaski & Fullerton), Bus Tracker estimates that a #53 bus to 31st is due to arrive, and then another one should arrive in about 11 minutes.

You can receive e-mails and text messages after Sign in. When you click on Subscribe option, which is given on the website of CTA Bus tracker then you will get the page of Sign in. Enter your e-mail id and password, and then click on “sign in” option. If you want to create account, then click on “Don’t have an account” link. After clicking on it, get the new page enter your information and click on “Create account.” For more information, click here. 

Source: www.ctabustracker.com