`cta_bus_positions`

Pack: cta · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cta/mcp

Live Chicago CTA bus positions on a route — every vehicle currently running: lat/lon, heading, destination, delayed flag, and distance along the pattern. Answers “where is the 22 Clark bus right now” via the CTA bus tracker. Example: cta_bus_positions({ route: “22” })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`route`	string	yes	Bus route number, e.g. “22”, “66”, “146”. Comma-separable up to 10.
`_apiKey`	string	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "route": "22",
  "_apiKey": "your-cta-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cta/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"cta_bus_positions","arguments":{"route":"22","_apiKey":"your-cta-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('cta_bus_positions', {
  "route": "22",
  "_apiKey": "your-cta-api-key"
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cta": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cta/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

cta_bus_positions