This week’s PATH example
Clever Commute [5:48 AM] WABC radio just reported service is suspended between Newark and Harrison . PATH Alerts: [6:36] PATH SERVICE BETWEEN NEWARK AND JOURNAL SQUARE IS SUSPENDED. PASSENGERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ON NJ TRANSIT AND AMTRAK TRAINS INTO AND OUT OF NEW YORK.
Read MoreThis week’s NJ Transit example
Clever Commute [5:58 PM] 4:50 Dover from Penn lost power at Chatham. The train was pushed to the station by a rescue train…and it arrive 50 minutes late New Jersey Transit Did not send out ANY communication on this
Read MoreBack to work…with delays for NJT out of NYP
Another example… It turned out to be a very bad evening commute…with problems across virtually all NYP trains. To be clear, I do not subscribe to every NJT alert (just the ones for my lines) (1) The first signs of trouble: Clever Commute [5:01 PM] 4:39 from Penn stopped. Overhead wire issues New Jersey Transit […] Read More
New Year’s resolutions
This will be sent by mail to all subscribers. As always, please send any replies to “clevercommute at emailworld-dot-org” This is a long-ish message…so the “one-liners” here are (1) on certain commuter lines, we are reverting to the original Clever Commute approach by showing your whole name (2) we are exploring new business models…none of […] Read More
Hello Boston: Santa brought us (more) good press coverage and lots of new members
If you joined after reading about Clever Commute in Boston Now or on WBZ-TV…then all we’d like to share is the fact that there is still a lot of room to grow. Most of the NY-area Clever Commute communities are much bigger…and are functioning very well. So, please ask friends and colleagues to sign-up But […] Read More
The wisdom of this crowd
I’m going to start posting examples of instances where this community is providing information that is especially valuable. Examples might be instances when the info shared was quicker or more detailed than that from the transit providers. Let’s see how this develops. Tonight: LIRR sends alert advising people of 15 to 20 minute delays due […] Read More
NJT – Some news for NJCL (and others) on get-away Friday
Just a quick heads up in case you are not commuting this AM…or following this thread. The portal bridge was open this AM…and it caused delays. Montclair-line riders knew about an issue at 6:48 AM (but NJ Transit sent their first alert at 7:02…which did indeed identify the Portal Bridge as the root cause) Some […] Read More
Welcome Boston!
The one-liner here is that you have joined a community that gives you the ability to help (and receive help from) your fellow passengers. All of the “alerts” and “advisories” will come from YOU…and are sent directly to your fellow commuters (on your line). Here’s more of what you need to prepare for “Day 1” […] Read More
What you said: Should we share news of 5-minute-lateness? [yes]
Recently, we asked the Montclair line riders: “is there value in having clever commuters share ‘the-train-is-5-min-late’ messages? …If they are broadcast over the PA at the stations? …If they are not? 36 people replied…and here is what we heard from them: 24 people clearly in favor 5 people clearly against For 7 others, it was […] Read More