Chicago Bus Tracker Gadget
After writing about bus tracking goodness on the iPhone a couple weeks ago, I’ve been looking for other tools that access CTA’s bus data. It turns out that Kevin Zolkiewicz, the guy behind the excellent ChicagoBus.org created a bus tracking widget for MacOS X, and then another local developer, Christopher Manning converted that widget into a Windows Vista Gadget.(Manning also has an interesting CTA el visualizer on his web site, but doesn’t offer much information about what it demonstrates.)
I haven’t had the chance to try the Windows Gadget yet, but one thing that impresses me about the Mac Widget: It updates almost instantly, making it perfect for holding any route/stops you check on a regular basis. Nicely done.
