MTA “Service Status” Reader
Our robots scan MTA’s Service Status to identify emerging problems with the in-process commute. Our algorithms identify “status” patterns to highlight looming trouble that the transit providers won’t tell you about! When a problem is severe enough, and it affects multiple branches, our bots let you know. (something simple like “Planned weekend work” does […] Read More
We brought back a great feature: “News you need”
A subtle yet powerful way we de-stress your commute Tap on this: You’ll then see this: Why it’s cool A real-life example: #1 – Color-coded to show the severity #2 – The news you need #3 – We call this meta-data. Tells you when this alert was […] Read More
The “Recent Alerts” page is very VERY rich
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 your […] Read More
What’s new in version 3.3.6
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 banner […] Read More
Overall testimonials
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Read More What’s new in version 3.3.5 (iOS) / 3.3.3 (Android)
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
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Sneak peek at train performance metrics
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 shared […] Read More
What’s new in version 3.3.0 / 3.3.1
Bug Fixes Cleaned up formatting of special characters in push notifications Defaulting vaules at signup for continent and country Fixed quicklink to snooze Resolved duplicate push notifications on certain devices Auto-refresh of Departureboard and click-through to Station Stops Eliminated duplicate pushes for track number MyTrains – Ensure all in-scope NJT values show Keyboard no longer […] Read More
Troubleshooting Apple Subscriptions
This is a very effective technique: Open the app Go to the Premium option Click on Restore
Read More What’s new in version 3.2.5
More improvements in the way the app works when there is no cell/wifi connection Plus The on-going work to keep things humming along and technically up-to-date Programming language update Internal analytics libraries Schedule/Feeds (GTFS)
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