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title: 'Where''s that bus or train? See each TriMet vehicle''s location in real-time'
date: '2013-05-06T14:33:19-07:00'
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# Where's that bus or train? See each TriMet vehicle's location in real-time

TriMet has been lauded for its open data policies which allow folks to do some amazing things with their data. It’s just that sometimes getting to the data you need requires a little digging. But when you find that right chunk of data? Boy howdy. Things like [PDX Live Bus](http://www.pdxlivebus.com/ "PDX Live Bus") are born.

> Holy shit, this is amazing. Mind: blown. Live TriMet tracking on your computer screen.<http://t.co/1D6JSfYvX8>
> 
> — The Sprocket Podcast (@SprocketPodcast) [May 6, 2013](https://twitter.com/SprocketPodcast/status/331454203941765122)



Tired of getting incorrect timing alerts from TriMet, developer [Jason Brown](https://twitter.com/browniefed "Jason Brown") decided to [take matters into his own hands](http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2013/05/the_coolest_real-time_transit.html "The coolest real-time transit map not made by TriMet").

> “It gets super frustrating when I wait for a bus and the arrival time keeps saying 5 minutes,” Brown \[told The Oregonian\]. “When it doesn’t show up, I’ll check again and it says, ‘Oh, it will be there in 5 minutes.’”

Now, thanks to Jason, you can [see every TriMet vehicle in real-time](http://www.pdxlivebus.com/ "PDX Live Bus").

[![PDX-Live-Bus](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PDX-Live-Bus.jpg?resize=600%2C306)](http://www.pdxlivebus.com/ "PDX Live Bus")

Have a feature you’d like added? Find a bug? [Head on over to Reddit Portland](http://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/comments/1dpgdi/realtime_trimet_map/ "Real-time TriMet Map") where they’re chatting about PDX Live Bus features.