I Love LA
I was out in LA recently, and spent some time with the founder of MetroRider LA (a blog that promotes, supports, and critiques the burgeoning Transit Oriented Lifestyle forming in Los Angeles). Read about it here. Please be sure to share the good news about “LA Clever Commute” with anyone you know in the LA […]
Read MoreHello LA / MetroLink – A new era begins!
The one-liner here is “Welcome…thanks for joining…please help us grow this service” I just returned from the West Coast and was pleasantly surprised by all the great new energy and sign-ups across several Clever Commute MetroLink lines. While I was out in the LA area, I spent some time promoting Clever Commute by talking to […]
Read MoreWisdom of the crowd: Clever Commuter “breaks the story” of the building collapse
Yesterday’s building collapse snarled the commute. But…Clever Commuters found out early. One of our riders shared the news at 3:27 PM with this one-liner: [MNR-Har] 3:17 to Southeast being held due to building collapse @122st Thanks!
Read MoreFeb 2008 – A few interesting write-ups for Clever Commute
I was happy to see that a few of the IDG magazines did stories on Clever Commute. Thanks! CIO Magazine PC World Computerworld
Read MoreToday’s example: Bus lanes closed
8:36 – 1010 WINS reports the problem 8:22 – NJ Transit reports the problem ** At 8:17 ** the first Clever Commuter let others know that there was a problem. Others from his and other lines quickly triangulated the issue
Read MoreAn exciting time – participating in a Clever “beta”
It’s really more of a getting-to-know-you period. Remember, the Clever Commute system has been running for years in other areas. It can handle extremely high volumes (of messages and users)…and has helped many commuters through some of the most challenging times. So…what will we do over the next two weeks? Come up-to-speed so that you […]
Read MoreGoing back to the way things were (“From” addresses)
Based on feedback from you, we have reversed direction and re-implemented the following change across all Clever Commute lists: (Note: your “sending” behavior does NOT need to change). Each line (e.g., MBTA, LIRR, NJ Transit Trains, Metro North, etc) will now have a unique “From” address (e.g., Clever-MBTA, Clever-LIRR). As always, each particular route will […]
Read MoreNY’s snowy Tuesday – 3 things for all to note
(1) Regarding how “From” works for several of our older, larger Clever communities This week, we changed the way it works (this may not have impacted you) The unintended consequence was that this also allows “out-of-office” autoreplies to sneak through. For larger lists…this is a real inconvenience. I’m still evaluating options…but don’t be surprised if […]
Read MoreStarted smoothly…ended badly
My trip in the AM started well. I actually took the 7:44 from Watchung. At 8:20, I heard (from a Clever Commuter on waiting for a later train) that the 8:14 will be 13 min late. It begins… In all honesty, I think my train made it to NYP more-or-less on time (8:30-ish)…but then at […]
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