Where's My Bus
The Where's My Bus page provides GPS information and updates about the status and location of your childs bus. The information includes approximate bus location, time until arrival at your location, and the route your bus will be taking.
The GPS map is refreshed once a minute and will provide the route information and approximate arrival times.
The green pin represents your stop. selecting it will provide your pickup location and time.
Once your bus has begun its route you will be able to see where it is on the map. If your stop has a check mark as depicted here it means the bus has already passed your stop.
The map information is not refreshed automatically, Instead you will need to press the refresh button.
Bus location information is only updated on the server every minute.
FAQ
Q: how can I tell if WebGL is enabled in my browser?
A good way to confirm this is to go to get.webgl.org/webgl2. You should see a spinning cube to confirm WebGL2 is available in your browser. Otherwise, the website indicates your browser doesn't support WebGL2. If you don't see a spinning cube, ensure that WebGL2 is enabled through your browser settings
This site also provides some useful links explaining WebGL as well as tips and tricks for your browser.
Q: what if webgl isn't enabled in my browser?
Try these steps first:
Update your browser to the latest version
Try a different browser or device. Please see our System Requirements for a list of supported browsers and devices.
If your are using the Chrome browser, make sure that hardware acceleration is turned on.
Q: Why are the 'pins' grouped so closely together?
To make it easier to find your bus! The magnification level is initially set so that the bus and and all the pins are visible on the map. However, you can manually zoom to any magnification level that you like.
Q: How much data is transmitted when I refresh the screen from my phone?
The first time you invoke "Where's My Bus?" about one megabyte of data will be downloaded.
However, because much of this information will then be available from your phone's cache, only about 100K is downloaded whenever you refresh the map.
Q: Why isn't my route displayed?
Previous route information (the purple line) may not be available under certain circumstances. There are several reasons your previous route may not be displayed:
Your route has changed since the previous run (usually occurs on the Wednesdays following a route change notice).
The bus assigned to your route broke down or was replaced during the previous run.
The bus assigned to your route was not being tracked during the previous run.
The Transportation department has disabled route display manually.
Q: How can I ask a question or provide feedback?
Click here to send an email to the EPSB Transportation Services department. We'd love to hear from you!