Chicagoans are constantly searching for their buses — or Googling for the CTA’s bus tracker, rather. According to the all-knowing search engine, “CTA bus tracker” was the second-most searched term unique to the city of Chicago this year.
The bus tracker came in right behind searches for the Chicago Public Schools’ Web interface, IMPACT, and edged out the third most popular search, police insider blog Second City Cop. Transit-riding Googlers looking to utilize all of Chicago’s transportation resources rounded out the top four with searches for the RTA’s trip planner, Goroo.
But why didn’t searches for “Michael Jackson” or “Blagojevich” make the list? The reason, Google says, is that the list’s goal was to find searches specific to the Chicago area. Read more...
