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Monday Monday on LIRR (T-10)

Monday Monday on LIRR (T-10)

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Our folks shared the news 10 minutes before the MTA did

Clever Commute [7:53 AM] – Disabled train at brentwood – passengeres dumped on platform. Some picked up by 7;19 to ronk

MTA [8:03 AM] – The 7:19 AM from Ronkonkoma due NY 8:28 AM is operating 16 minutes late due to an earlier train with equipment trouble.

TGI…Thursday? (T-13)

TGI…Thursday? (T-13)

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Our folks shared the news 13 minutes before NJ Transit did

Clever Commute [7:00 PM] – 640 Montclair sitting in Penn

NJ Transit [7:13 PM] – Montclair Line train #6283, 640PM PSNY departure, up to 35 min. delay near New York Penn Station due to equipment problem.
Sent: 7:11 PM

A rare AM/PM double-header for Metro North’s New Haven line

A rare AM/PM double-header for Metro North’s New Haven line

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Wire problems snarled the AM commute. To MTA’s credit, they sent out a few alerts which were timely and informative. We like to think the Clever Commute alerts added color and detail 😉

But for the PM commute, when a train broke down, it seemed like nothing official was sent by MTA.
So riders took matters into their own hands:

6:46 – “5:59 from GCT took on disabled train passengers at Pelham”
6:29 – “5:28 to So No Starting to Unload Passengers”
6:18 – “5:28 to So Norwalk is broken down at Pelham. No power or PA. Passengers likely to disembark”
6:14 – “5:33 to Harrison reversing and being re-routed to get around the disabled train…”
6:06 – “5:33 to Harrison slowing west of Pelham”
5:59 – “5:58 to So Norwalk stopped without power in Pelham”

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Spring Special – Advertise on Clever Commute at a GREAT introductory price

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About Tuesday Night on NJT (with observations for all)

About Tuesday Night on NJT (with observations for all)

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It was a terrible night for NJ riders.

Overall, the Clever Commuters did a great job of helping each other. Our systems handled the volume well…and lots of new people have signed up. Overall – we broke all records.

What can I say when I see thousands of strangers helping each other? It’s awesome to experience this model working…and I am thrilled about the potential.

In the spirit of further improvement, I wanted to share ideas in the context of Tuesday night. I’ll try to frame them as “do’s” (to avoid focus on the negatives)…but i’ll be explicit where needed.

Send your messages to Clever Commute from the e-mail address you used when you signed up.
You’d be surprised how many messages came from people’s “other” account…and we could NOT automatically send those because only recognized addresses may send to the list

Share information (don’t ask for it).
We know you want to know. But an “ask” model will not work if 1,000’s of commuters each ask questions of 1,000’s of commuters.

Put your message in the subject line of your e-mail.  (use the body only if you need to)
That makes it easy and good for your fellow riders as well as our advertisers. You have about 140 characters to use….you’d be amazed what you could fit there
Advertise with us
With thousands of riders and so many messages sent, we have a great platform with excess capacity. We have great rates…and the ability to target your audience in several great ways (e.g., AM/PM). We are aggressively pursuing deals of all size. Here is our ad kit http://budurl.com/cleveradkit
 Yes…you CAN advertise to just your line…at rates that will pleasantly suprise you. Rates go down as you advertise to larger Clever Commuter audiences

Help us grow
Please tell your friends, colleagues, co-workers, neighbors about Clever Commute. I’m thrilled at the growth to date…but increasingly concerned about the future if we don’t “scale up”. We have some great ideas / enhancement in the pipeline…but we need more zeros on our numbers in order to get true economies of scale from them.

I think that’s it for now. My mailbox is always open. Let’s grow and get some new sponsors.

Thanks,

Conductor Josh