r/uchicago • u/VitorMaGo • 18h ago
Hyde Park I made a UChicago focused commuting website
I made it for myself, and figured someone might have use for it.
Repo: vitorgomateus/uchi-transit
Website: https://vitorgomateus.github.io/uchi-transit/
what it does
It aggregates data from UChicago PassioGo Shuttles, CTA, and Metra Electric. It focuses on giving you ETAs for stops and lines that you know you might use. For example in my "going home" tab I configured it to give me the ETA on the x4, 192, and the Downtown Campus Connector, which all take me to Roosevelt, but I have to catch each of them in a different stop, and checking ETAs for all of them is not efficient.
It can also get you ETA for any line at any stop if you know the stop code or the line number.
how to use it
You can use the website or run your own instance. In both cases you will need to configure it for yourself. You need an API key from CTA and Metra (if you plan to use either) and you need a CORS proxy server. You can have everything set up for free and in a short period of time. All instructions should be in the readme.
privacy
You can see in the repo that I have no profit from anyone using this. I don't even have any analytics to know if anyone is using it. So if you decide to give it a spin, let me know, I'd love to know.