Twitter Timelines in The Inside Track
This is another feature of The Inside Track, our premium service. We know that not everyone is a Twitter user. Even if you are, you may not be following the sources who provide good info. So, we make it easy by giving all of our users access to commute-related info from the Twitter-verse From […] Read More
The 1% (not THAT 1%) and “why bus riders will love The Inside Track”
Summary: Crowdsourcing is one important component of Clever Commute. However, when you use our premium service, you get the benefit of other datafeeds / sources. [Premium service = The Inside Track. See all the features. Sign up here. More info] More: In Internet culture, there is a rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an internet community. It […] Read More
When things are bad, we’re good
Even when the commute is bad…people want to know what is going on: Tonight was a commute from hell.I left my office at 4:30, arrived home at 7:30, and missed a 7:10 dentist appointment.All throughout, Clever Commute was very helpful though in keeping us all posted.
Read MoreI guess that’s one un-subscription we can get behind
A bittersweet e-mail from a Clever Commuter since 2007: Hi Josh, I’ve retired so I no longer commute to the city. Your service has been very valuable but I won’t be needing it any longer. Thanks for making the commute as smooth as it could be
Read MoreAbout “Favorite Senders”
Another amazing feature from The Inside Track: Show some love! When someone sends a really good alert to the group, let them know you care! Add them to your favorites list. We won’t share any of your personal information. But we will recognize and reward the people who are most-favorited by their fellow commuters. Maybe […] Read More
The power to hide/block messages by sender
Another amazing feature of The Inside Track is the ability to maintain a blacklist / whitelist of commuters and data sources. Therefore, you can elect to not receive future messages from certain senders..at your discretion. You can also mark a sender or data source as a favorite (more on that later). To block or favorite a […] Read More
Enhanced Twitter integration
As a premium feature, Clever Commute follows the relevant transit providers on Twitter. We then give you to ability to opt-in/opt-out of each. The content is then delivered to you according to your preferences (e.g, time-of-day, day-of-week, snooze/pause-resume, text, e-mail etc). For example: DeCamp Bus lines ONLY shares info via their Twitter – @DeCampBusLines. However, […] Read More
Yup…Inside Track is loved and adored
A new user of the Inside Track says this: the track number texts and other things are awesome. Keep up the good work!
Read MorePersonalized commuter forecast
It’s “one-stop shopping” and “know before you go”. Here is some of what you get: a jump on fellow commuters :). You’ll have track number history & track posting time predictions. performance metrics (e.g., on-time departure stats) overall system stats…based on the departure board The Commuter Forecast is much more powerful once you have set […] Read More
Proper use of “Rate this message”
Summary: Your ratings are key to maintaining the quality of Clever Commute user-generated messages. If you find a message unhelpful, please simply answer No to the Was this alert helpful? prompt. Report abuse is for spam/hacks and patently offensive content. —- Toward the bottom of every user-generated message we send, you will find a section such as […] Read More