Our premium service lets you manage the alerts from your transit provider
This is another feature of Clever Commute Premium. Yes, your transit provider may indeed publish travel alerts on their web site. They may even e-mail some of them. But when you give them your e-mail address, you also may get unsolicited mails from them (promotions, corporate comms, etc). We solve for that, and ALSO give you […] Read More
LIRR Workarounds
In the event of an LIRR strike, we have crowdsourced these alternative ways to get to/from NYC. Please continue to share via the Contact feature of our web site. Please visit the Clever Commute LIRR Strike Command Center for more resources. These are options above and beyond the MTA’s contingency plan. Some of the private […] Read More
Inside Track – Track Number Predictions
For trains departing NY’s Penn Station, the transit providers have a stated policy of releasing each train’s track number assignment “10-15 minutes prior” to the scheduled departure time. However, that is a guideline…not a guarantee. Some trains are announced just a few minutes in advance. Also, there are instances where the train number is known by […] Read More
Regarding Air Conditioning on trains
But this is really applicable to a lot of things on Clever Commute We know it stinks when the commute is bad. Heck, that is why we built Clever Commute. But there are 3 questions to ask yourself before you send an “alert” to the group: “Does the message I am about to send contain actionable […] Read More
Tuesday is the new Monday
Here is a color-coded breakdown of how the news flowed during this morning’s incident. Color key: Red – Information form Clever Commute (not all entries shown) Blue – Information from NJ Transit (e-mail plus web site) The incident began at approx 7:59 AM…and was immediately reported by the commuters. The first e-mail from NJ Transit comes approximately 20 minutes later. […] Read More
Monday came on Tuesday for NJT Riders
Here is a color-coded breakdown of how the news flowed during this morning’s incident. Color key: Red – Information form Clever Commute (not all entries shown) Blue – Information from NJ Transit (e-mail plus web site) The incident began at approx 7:59 AM…and was immediately reported by the commuters. The first e-mail from NJ Transit comes […] Read More
Watch this space (and be amazed)
In the Summer of 2012, as a member of NJ Transit’s Developer program, Clever Commute built an app which gave commuters track number information in advance of being announced by NJT. The information Clever Commute shared came directly from a NJT datafeed…and was delivered to the commuters in compliance with the NJT/Clever Commute partnership agreement. Both sides openly […] Read More
Two kudos in one day!
It’s always nice to get unsolicited kudos. Today, we got two: Clever Commute has been a super huge part of my day everyday since you launched and I just want to go on record and tell you [that] you’re always very much welcome to anything and all I can do to support your cause. Keep doing what […] Read More
Monday Morning MNR train breakdown
Here is a color-coded breakdown of how the news flowed during this morning’s incident. Color key: Red – Information form Clever Commute Blue – Information from Metro North The incident began at approx 8:05 AM…and was immediately reported by the commuters. The first e-mail from Metro North comes almost 40 minutes later. 8:05 AM – 641 cannondale […] Read More
Suspicious package on MNR today…timeline
Here is a color-coded breakdown of how the news flowed during this morning’s incident. Color key: Red – Information form Clever Commute Blue – Information from Metro North Green – Comments — The chronology. Metro-North spokesman Aaron Donovan said the suspension started at about 6:15 a.m o Note that the first e-mail from Metro North comes […] Read More