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As a service to commuters, we provide this getaway advice for those who are exiting NYC (via public transit) for Memorial Day Weekend. Read on for: A look back at 2018: “What happened on the Friday before the holiday last year?“ Clever Commute’s “SIX T’s” – the key to a stress-free commute on get-away day. (1)Read more about Getaway Day Advice: Memorial Day 2019[…]
Improvements/Consistency to “recent Alerts” Improve off-line behavior Back-end changes for stability and performance Improve granularity/suitability of Metro North official alerts Improve automation of “News you need” Fixed bugs on Track Predictor pie charts
Our robots scan the Service Status info published by your transit provider. Clever Commute algorithms will identify “status” patterns with an intention of identifying you before trouble strikes! Premium users can opt-in to being notified via Settings => Comms and And Config See notification options under Alerts/Bots/Probes. We will also publish such alerts to theRead more about “Service Status” Reader[…]
Due to conditions on your commute, we have taken down the paywall for Clever Commute Premium features That means that all users have all Premium features FOR FREE at this time. Call to action: Get the latest version of the app (3.3.6) (Release notes / How to) Logout/login AND restart the app List of features –Read more about We took down the paywall[…]
Before the Clever Commute app was released, our web-based offering had a feature called Conductor Message. No, it wasn’t from the real conductor :)…but they are helpful timely messages for your commute! We are so pleased to announce that it’s back! (premium only…starting in version 3.3.6) #1 – Color-coded to show the severity #2 –Read more about We brought back a great feature: “News you need”[…]
Here is a view of what a Premuim users experiences on the Recent Alerts page Understanding #1 (the top row of icons) The bell is a quick link to 6 hour snooze The middle icon is a link to news you need The third icon takes you to the Participate page #2 – Control yourRead more about The “Recent Alerts” page is very VERY rich[…]
New Premium feature: New you need (FKA “Conductor Message”) Fixes and Improvements Prevent duplicate entries in Recent Alerts Headers/Options on Recent Alerts is now more consistent Fixed – Persist the user’s preference: “Show/Hide Message box” Enhance snooze to better-handle year roll-over Consistent/better handling of long alerts from transit providers Upgrade to emoji support Remove bannerRead more about What’s new in version 3.3.6[…]
It’s always nice to see kind words. Yes, there are glowing reviews in iTunes and Google Play, but here is some of what we heard recently: Love the app! It’s definitely needed! This is a great app. I love the app so far, thanks for keeping it going! you make commuting better You do aRead more about Overall testimonials[…]
This is expected to be the 10th and final release of 2018 What’s new Fortify back-end processing to ensure messages from transit providers are included Improve monitoring and reporting for in-app purchases Enriched/modernized emoji support Added version 1 of scrolling marquee Enhance/Clarify Track prediction/voting page
Just another test of the power of the data that commuters are sharing… These are the data points for January 2019. This train is #1152 on the Main/Bergen line. Scheduled Hoboken arrival is 7:40 AM. It did not even once arrive at (or before) that time. Disclosure On some days, there was no data sharedRead more about Sneak peek at train performance metrics[…]