Build a Realtime Bus Locations Dashboard¶

After completing this tutorial, you'll understand the basics of realtime transit data and know how to work with it in Python by building a realtime bus locations dashboard from scratch. You'll do it in four steps:

1. Set up your development environment
2. Fetch live transit data from an API
3. Parse real-time vehicle positions
4. Build an interactive dashboard

Prerequisites¶

• Basic knowledge of Python and the command line
• Python 3.10+
• A code editor like VS Code