LRT Visualizer

Published: 6/22/2025

This is a work in progress!

🥞Tech Stack: Next.js, Three.js

💡Features:

Real-time 3D model of active LRT lines via Metro Transit API
3D map of Minneapolis to move through
Hover or click for station information

As an avid 3D modeler, I cannot stress enough how much fun I find the thought of combining Three.js with real-time data such as this. Interpolating the positions of these trains based on the updates will be challenging, but ultimately very rewarding. Data will arrive via the civic dashboard's server for safe interaction between clients and the Metro Transit API.

I'll be exporting OpenStreetMap 3D data into Blender to customize and export the final city file to a 3.js-friendly file, as well as some fun recreations of the trains themselves. More to come!