Kick off the week: Other ways to improve your commute
You know…beside using Clever Commute 🙂 Kudos to Lifehacker for this list of the Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Daily Commute. Do you have any other ways? Please swing by our Facebook page and leave a comment.
Read MoreTourists, Commuters, Rail Warriors, Bots and Admin
There are 4 (levels) of users of the Clever Commute app…as defined by these badges  (1) Tourists – Newbies, probies or anyone whose ability to send messages is limited/restricted (this is quite rare) (2) Commuters – these are the vast majority of users. (3) Rail Warriors – These are trusted, elevated users with a […] Read More
Kick off the week: Do you “Like” us?
Please remember: Our free service is largely powered by YOU…the commuter. So please remember to share info via our free app We have a strong “social” presence…and we’d love you to Like us on Facebook or Twitter If there is any feature you’d like added to our service, please let us know. Â We reply to […] Read More
Kick off the Week: Continuing the migration to a free app-based approach
This is your once-a-week communique from Clever Commute HQ. We’ve been hinting at it for a while…but we’ll become a bit more blunt and vocal about this as the Fall progresses: if you are using the free, legacy e-mail based Clever Commute service to send OR receive messages…then it’s time to move to the FREE […] Read More
Taking crowdsourcing to a new level
As you know, the information you get via our free service comes from your fellow commuters on YOUR train (or bus) route. We are exploring new technology which would identify the issues which are reported on one line…but are of interest to all. Â Examples: For NJT Train Riders – “single tracking” affects all lines to […] Read More
Release Notes for 2.2.1
New Features Social integration – Share via Twitter and other networks Overhauled snooze and Pause/Resume functinoality Improved the voting (ThumbsUp/ThumbsDown) functionality Give special emphasis to alerts from Clever Commute admin Expand the time window for MyTrains (More choices) Add a floating “compose” icon to quickly create for new alerts Automated cross-route sharing Bug Fixed: The […] Read More
Getaway…and help others as we do!
Let’s leave some digital breadcrumbs this afternoon for fellow commuters as you travel through Penn, Grand Central, Port Authority, Hoboken: how long is the wait for tickets? (at the machines? at the windows?) got any tips/tricks for buying tickets today? how crowded is the station? How crowded are the trains? Please use real benchmarks THE ABOVE ARE JUST EXAMPLES But if […] Read More
Kick off the week (“Best of” / “Worst of”)
Two points to note as we go into the week of 29-August, 2016 It’s really important that you stay up-to-date with the latest (best) version of the free Clever Commute app. That is version 2.1.8. See what version you are running See what we changed in this version So…who REALLY has the worst commute? By […] Read More
Release Notes – Version 2.1.8
New Functionality Add the Commuter Forecast to the app Usability Remove “Update” button from Profile page (use 1-step edit) Do NOT apply any filters to values captured via the Hashtag field (allow adult language 🙂 ) Default the values for Continent and Country at Sign-up and Profile Let users know that their nickname may be publicly […] Read More
Checking and Updating YOUR Version of the Clever Commute App
What version of our app are you running? Open the app and tap on the main menu (called “the hamburger”) at the top left corner Select Help Select About The first line of that page shows you the version you are running (e.g. 6.1.0) What version of the app should you be running? Our Release […] Read More