About CorkMove
Live bikes and buses for Cork City.
What is CorkMove?
CorkMove is a real-time transit tracker for Cork, Ireland. It shows live bike-sharing station availability and bus vehicle positions on an interactive map — designed to be fast, local, and simple.
Data sources
- Bikes — a configurable bike-sharing API (compatible with JCDecaux / CycleStreets feeds). Set
BIKESHARE_URLin your.env.localfile. - Buses — the Transport for Ireland (TFI) GTFS-RT feed. Provides real-time vehicle positions, trip updates, and service alerts. Requires a free API key from the TFI developer portal.
Features
- 🚲 Live bike station map — colour-coded by availability
- 🚌 Live bus vehicle positions on a map
- ⚠️ Service alerts banner (disruptions, diversions)
- 🔍 Stop departure search — next buses for any stop ID
- ⭐ Favourites — save stations and stops locally (no account needed)
- ↻ Configurable auto-refresh (30 s / 60 s, or manual)
Privacy
CorkMove stores only your favourites and refresh preference in your browser's local storage. No analytics, no tracking, no account required.
How to set it up
Copy .env.example to .env.local and fill in your API keys. All keys are documented in that one file — you never need to edit source code.
BIKESHARE_URL— your bike-sharing feed URLBIKESHARE_API_KEY— optional key for the bike feedTFI_API_KEY— from developer.nationaltransport.ie
What's next
- Journey planner integration
- Push notifications for service alerts
- PWA / offline support
- Route filtering on the bus map
- Historical availability charts for bike stations