Catch the bus. Find the bite. See what is happening nearby.

Bus to Bites connects bus travel, food and events in New York City, Chicago and London. Use my location to find a supported city, then search for your bus route. If you have already allowed location access, the app can select your city at startup without a new permission prompt. Change city is available when location is unavailable or your area is not supported, so you can choose a city manually. Route search works without location permission.

New York and Chicago also support bus-number search; New York supports run-number search. Live buses load after you search. City selection uses an on-device location check and remembers your city choice; it does not save your coordinates.

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED

- United States: New York City and Chicago
- United Kingdom: London

We are rolling out Bus to Bites to more cities and countries. Follow future updates as new destinations become available.

See route maps, stops and arrival predictions. Follow live bus positions in New York and Chicago. London shows TfL routes and stop predictions. Open external directions when you need to plan a trip. London does not show live bus positions or support bus-number or run-number searches.

Find restaurants, cafes, bakeries, markets and other food directly along your route. Nearby checks walking routes to up to 20 of the closest places and shows those within an estimated 20-minute walk. Open walking directions for a route map and written instructions, or continue in Google Maps. Walking routes and times are provided by Geoapify using mapped pedestrian paths; times remain estimates. Food information comes from OpenStreetMap and may be incomplete.

Browse events from Ticketmaster and approved organizer submissions in all three cities, plus NYC Open Data in New York. Open a located event to explore nearby food, bus stops, available arrivals and service advisories. Vendor counts appear only when supplied by organizers; nearby businesses are separate from event vendors. Chicago permit listings are excluded.

Organizing something? Use Add Your Event to submit event details for review. Only approved events appear publicly. Advertising and partnership inquiries are available in Settings.

Features:

- One app for New York City, Chicago and London
- Location-based city selection with a manual fallback when needed
- Search-first startup with no automatic citywide bus download
- Route maps, bus stops and live arrival predictions
- Live MTA and CTA bus locations where available
- Walking route maps and written directions powered by Geoapify
- Food along your selected route and Nearby food
- Events connected to nearby food and transit
- Organizer submissions reviewed before publication
- Service advisories and accessible text details
- No account required; core features are free

Bus to Bites is independent. It is not an official or MTA-licensed app and is not made or endorsed by the Chicago Transit Authority or Transport for London. Chicago transit data is provided by Chicago Transit Authority. Powered by TfL Open Data.

Transit, food and event information may be delayed, incomplete or unavailable. Transit trip-planning links in all cities open an external service.