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Kick off the week (“Best of” / “Worst of”)

Kick off the week (“Best of” / “Worst of”)

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Two points to note as we go into the week of 29-August, 2016

  1. It’s really important that you stay up-to-date with the latest (best) version of the free Clever Commute app.
    That is version 2.1.8.
    See what version you are running
    See what we changed in this version
  2. So…who REALLY has the worst commute?
    By one measure, there actually is an answer. Come to our Facebook page to see who has this dubious honor.

 

Support students and participate in a commuter survey

Support students and participate in a commuter survey

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A group of MBA students at the University of Connecticut are developing a
marketing plan for Metro-North Railroad as part of a class project, and are seeking input from Metro-North commuters.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey by clicking the link below.
Your input is greatly appreciated. 

https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b2U7vEvuC2zCqZ7

  • Clever Commute shares this as a courtesy…for the commuting community.
  • The survey is for academic purposes only.
  • This initiative and Clever Commute are not affiliated with Metro North or any transit provider

Clever Commute’s “NJ Transit Strike” Command Center

Clever Commute’s “NJ Transit Strike” Command Center

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Welcome! Clever Commute is the #1 source of information about mass-transit commuting.
We are an on-line service, offering

Resources

News articles curated by Clever Commute

TitleSourceDate
Clever Commute Facebook PageManyOngoing
 NJ Transit Strike Survival GuideWSJ 10-Mar 2016
8 Things You Need To Know about Possible NJT StrikeNJ.com10-Mar 2016
[Map] N.J. Transit Plans Park-and-Ride LocationsNY Times6-Mar 2016
NJT Offers Contingency Plan In Case Of Massive Rail Worker StrikeGothamist3-Mar 2016
Possible NJ Transit strike nears, 33 years after last one NJ.com28-Feb 2016
NJ Transit strike threat: Union chief ‘hopeful’ for dealapp.com18-Feb 2016
Health insurance is sticking point in NJ Transit negotiations  NJ.com17-Feb 2016
Settle contract to avoid strike, members of Congress tell NJ TransitNJ.com17-Feb 2016
Labor board decides in favor of NJ Transit workersNorthJersey.com11-Jan 2016

 

Strike? Sneak behind the paywall to unlock premium features!

Strike? Sneak behind the paywall to unlock premium features!

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Our premium app is not yet available for sale. When it is, on “Day 1” it will give you dozens of amazing new features.

However, in support of the commuters in the event of an NJT rail strike, we have unlocked 2 premium features.
These will remain available to you for the duration of the strike:
(1) You can now see up to 3 different routes in the Recent Alerts feature of the free Clever Commute app
(2) You now see 7 hours of data in Recent Alerts

 


How to activate it #1 (#2 is automatic):

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  1. Click on the menu in the app
  2. Select Profile
  3. Add a Secondary and Tertiary route
    (see purple stars in picture)
  4. Press Update

Note 1: Don’t change your Origin and Destination.
The app itself works at the Route level…so you see info from
fellow passengers “up and down the line”

Note 2: You will only receive push notifications for your Primary route.

Feature write-up: Check-in/Share Location

Feature write-up: Check-in/Share Location

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The check-in feature lets commuters share their train’s/bus’ location with the Clever Commute network.
Any active user can send a Check-in (steps below).
However, viewing these messages is done exclusively via the app…and is Opt-In only.
Check-ins are not sent out as mails, texts, or push notifications.

 

To Send a Check-InTo View Check-Ins
  1. Open our free app
  2. Select Send An Alert
  3. Set the The Issue to
    Check-In/Share location
    – Other fields are defaulted or derived
    – The geolocation and timestamp are captured
  4. Press Send
  1. Open our free app
  2. Select Recent Alerts
  3. At the top of the page, select the box  for Check-Ins
  4. When you click on the location pin, you will see the location of that alert
    (see pictures below)

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Why we say “Please do not share track numbers”

Why we say “Please do not share track numbers”

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We know the commute is stressful…and it’s tempting to post (and ask for) track numbers via the free app. But it just doesn’t work for large audiences such as ours.
Why not? You’d get messages about trains you don’t ride and You’d get lots of duplicate messages

Read on…

Between Hoboken and NY Penn (NJT) or Atlantic, NY Penn, and Hunterspoint (LIRR) ….there are many trains leaving the terminal each night. Therefore, if people started posting track numbers for every train, three things would happen

  1. you would get messages about all trains…all night long
  2. you would get multiple messages about each train
  3. you would get messages about trains at stations you don’t use

It quickly becomes untenable. 

I don’t mean to be sales-y…but we do indeed offer an automated track-number delivery service (text, e-mail or both)…for only the trains you ride.
Remember: Once the track number has been delivered to your phone, you have that info even after it’s been removed from the departure board.
We also have technology which predicts your track number. See it all here: clevercommute.com/premium.