Transit Tracks: Chicago CTA

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About this app

Whether you live in the Windy City or are just passing by, Transit Tracks is an indispensable tool for tracking realtime bus and train information. It has been to be fast and simple – no frills, confusing menus, or paywalls.

Ratings and reviews

well I've been using this app for about 2 years or so years now. and only recently have I been having issues with it. I don't know if it's due to the Android 13 version but the fact is that I could track a bus and look at the individual stops and the stops will be out of order and then the bus time will disappear and then it might reappear. but a lot of times it's out of order like the streets are going in the wrong direction. if you didn't know any better you might have thought you missed it

This used to be my go-to tracker before lockdown, but it's been wildly inaccurate ever since—upending my travel plans and leaving me scrambling for an alternative more than once because it claims buses or trains are coming that never do. These issues are appearing with both modes and across multiple routes. Makes you wonder where arrival data is even coming from that's causing it to be so consistently incorrect.

Gives the same arrival times as any other app. I think a lot of the issues with buses not showing up are the cta's fault and not the apps. It's really about whether you enjoy the interface, which I do. I like the way it looks and I find it easy to navigate and I've been using it for a lot of years now.

What's new

Updated the app for GDPR legal requirements (only for European users).