PeakRoute

PeakRoute on display
Companion web-app
Companion web-app 2
Inspo

Inspiration

Every commuter wakes up in the morning unsure of which route is actually fastest. Transit apps show options and how long it takes for the next bus to arrive at your stop, but it can be an inconvienice doing the same thing every day.

We wanted a tool that tells you just from a glance: “If you want to arrive at this time, take this bus at this time.”

PeakRoute instantly finds the fastest bus route based on:

Your starting point
Your destination
An optional arrival time
Real-time transit data

It returns the top three fastest routes, showing:

Exact pickup arrival time for your bus
Bus number
Total travel duration

How we built it: We built PeakRoute as a full-stack project:

Backend: Node.js + Express server Google Routes API (new Directions v2) for transit and bus routing

Frontend: React + Vite + TypeScript Responsive UI using shadcn/ui and TailwindCSS Autocomplete search inputs for origin and destination

Hardware / IoT Integration: (SenseCAP Indicator)

ESP32-based SenseCAP Indicator

Challenges we ran into:

Parsing inconsistent API responses for transit steps
Integrating two separate ways to display results: a web app and an embedded IoT UI.

What we're proud of:

Learning to work with the new Google Routes API v2
Processing and mapping low-level transit leg data into simple, user-friendly summaries.
How to design and implement LVGL-based UIs on the SenseCAP Indicator.

What we learned: