A small web app that shows where Dublin buses actually are
I got tired of watching the same bus go from “10 mins” to “5 mins” to “3 mins”, while still having no idea where it actually was.
I wanted Púca to answer one simple question:
Where is my bus right now? Not how many minutes!
So I built a small web app (personal project) called Púca: https://puca.dev
A quick demo video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/GuVSgtzj9yw?is=6DzhL7VHRGKIKl79
The idea is vehicle-first rather than timetable-first.
It shows live vehicle positions where data is available. You can search for a bus stop, see upcoming buses, and tap a bus to get a rough idea of how many stops / minutes away it is.
For trains, it also shows live positions for DART and Commuter services where data is available.
No Luas live map for now. The public data I found doesn’t give the kind of GPS-style vehicle positions I wanted, and Luas is usually frequent enough anyway, so I focused on buses and trains first.
It still depends on the official NTA REAL-Time. So it won’t magically fix ghost buses, but it has made my own commute a bit less uncertain.
It’s a web app, so there’s nothing to install. It’s best opened on your phone. (You can add to homescreen as an app to have a better experience)
Would love feedback from people who use buses or trains around Dublin, especially if anything feels confusing or missing.